Prairie Legal Services can help you with all your Grant of probate needs. If you require a Grant of Probate, hiring a lawyer will streamline the process. Prairie Legal Services is a full-service Estate law firm. We can help you with all steps of the process from applying for the Grant of Probate to the unfortunate circumstance of litigation.
Fees
As of November 6th, 2020, the Manitoba government has eliminated Probate fees.
Legal fees for Estates are set by “tariff” in Manitoba. This means legal fees are generally charged in a specific amount based on the value of the Estate. The minimum for these fees is $1,500. The prescribed fees do not include disbursements or applicable taxes. In addition, they do not include certain additional services as described by the regulation.
Lawyer’s fees must always be reasonable for the amount of work performed. At Prairie Legal Services we will never arbitrarily charge you maximum fees where they do not reflect the work performed.
The prescribed fees for Estates are as follows:
- 3% of the first $100,000, or portion of that amount, of the total value of the estate subject to a minimum fee of $1,500;
- 1.25% of the next $400,000, or portion of that amount, of the total value of the estate;
- 1% on the next $500,000, or portion of that amount, of the total value of the estate;
- .5% on the the total value of the estate over $1,000,000.
The fees are reduced to 40% of the above if the executor is a trust company, the Public Guardian Trustee, or a lawyer acting as the executor and the lawyer.
Prairie Legal Services is here to assist you with your Estate law needs.
