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* The residue/remainder (what is left over after payments of debts and gifts of your estate) | * The residue/remainder (what is left over after payments of debts and gifts of your estate) | ||
For step by step directions use the template in “Writing Your Own Will - A Guide for First Nations People Living on Reserve (Revised 2019).” https://afoabc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AFOA-BC-Wills- and-Estates-Booklet-2019.pdf. For questions contact Indigenous Services Canada, Estates Unit, 1.888.917.9977 or BCEstates@sac-isc.gc.ca | For step by step directions use the template in “Writing Your Own Will - A Guide for First Nations People Living on Reserve (Revised 2019).” | ||
https://afoabc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AFOA-BC-Wills- and-Estates-Booklet-2019.pdf. For questions contact Indigenous Services Canada, Estates Unit, 1.888.917.9977 or BCEstates@sac-isc.gc.ca | |||
Indigenous people on reserve can leave their home to people who are members of their band or entitled to be, as long as the house is located on a Certificate of Possession lot (“CP”). A CMHC house cannot be given away in a will. Check with your Band’s housing department to find out what happens to a CMHC house or Custom allotment in the event you pass away. | Indigenous people on reserve can leave their home to people who are members of their band or entitled to be, as long as the house is located on a Certificate of Possession lot (“CP”). A CMHC house cannot be given away in a will. Check with your Band’s housing department to find out what happens to a CMHC house or Custom allotment in the event you pass away. | ||
