Wills & Estates

Course code LGAP 1106

Credit 2.0

Length 60.0 hours

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Students study the procedures necessary for the preparation of wills and codicils and the documents necessary to apply for grants of Letters Probate and Letters of Administration. Students prepare documents acceptable to the Probate Registry for filing, followed by transmission and distribution of estates. Assignments include preparing correspondence and documents as well as vocabulary and machine transcription throughout the program.

This course is part of the Legal Administrative Assistant (Online)Program.

Prerequisites

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What you will learn

  • Basic trust principles
  • Acts (statutes)
  • Court Applications
  • Wills
  • Probate with adult beneficiaries
  • Administration with Will Annexed
  • Administration

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

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Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.