9 years ago my great-grandfather died in Toronto, he had his only surviving daughter - my grandmother, who did not receive the inheritance or any other information. Great-grandfather died in 2013. I am looking for a lawyer or other help in recovering my inheritance.
Hi, Thank You for interest.
Yes I need local lawyer in Toronto. Most of his life, my great-grandfather and his wife lived in Canada and the USA, last years of their life in Toronto, all what they had was there.
Inheritance law in Canada is different to Poland so there is no automatic entitlement to an inheritance.
If he left a will, his estate would be settled according to his wishes and the people named in the will. If he decided to leave everything to his wife, your grandmother would have to go to court and challenge the will within two years of discovering that he was dead.
If he didn't leave a will, the law in the state of Ontario would settle the estate. For somebody who died before March 2021, if the estate was valued at less than 200,000 dollars then it all goes to the spouse. If it was worth more than that, the spouse gets the first 200,000 and the rest would be split between the spouse and your grandmother.
If you know what part of Toronto he was living in when he died you can check the local court to see if he left a will.
archives.gov.on.ca/en/microfilm/c_courts.aspx
