Capacity Assessments: Capacity is decision-specific. The critical question is always, capacity to do what? A capacity assessor will typically determine whether someone has capacity to do any or all of the following: capacity to make a Power of Attorney (POA) capacity to manage their property capacity to make their own personal care decisions capacity to make a Will Capacity assessments can
Continue ReadingWhat Is a Limited POA for Property? A power of attorney for property (POA) is a document that gives legal authority to another person to make financial and property decisions. The person named in the POA document to make financial decisions is called the “attorney” for property, even though they don’t have to be a lawyer. They are usually a
Continue ReadingRCMP Discrimination and Harassment Class Action Lawsuit: Apology and Financial Settlement In March 2020, the Federal Court of Canada approved a $100-million class action lawsuit for women who worked for the RCMP in non-policing jobs and were subjected to gender-based discrimination. In 2016, the first RCMP class-action settlement, also known as the Merlo-Davidson settlement, after plaintiffs Janet Merlo and Linda Davidson,
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