Ambiguous Testamentary Provisions? Respect the Deceased Person's Wishes!

Client

La succession de Dan Salomon et Foster Nadeau-Salomon et Cooper Nadeau-Salomon

Date

March 2006

Nadeau v. Salomon (succession de) 2006 QCCS 1711

The court declared that a trust must be created for the benefit of the children, with their mother as trustee.

Defendants, represented by Mtre Desrosiers, were appointed sole beneficiaries of Dan Salomon's life insurance policy, the court acknowledging that this was the deceased person's wishes.