Help!

fm9610

A relative is in BC hospital's ICU and going to pass away soon.  His wife is overwhelmed with sorrow.   Anyone knows the key things need to be done now before he pass away?  And, any thing  need to aware after the situation?  

His wife is mainly Cantonese speaking.  Where can she get support and get the information for the legal procedure?  What is the procedure for HK side?  Any note will help.  Thanks.

FiChai

Are they Canadian citizen? Want the body moves back to HK? She may contact S.U.C.C.E.S.S. for support and info, and any funeral home carries full service for doing ceremony here in Van, body stay in Van, or help you to move to other countries.

CWong

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Lik

Sorry to hear about the sad news.

In a situation like this, the last thing you'd want to think about is money (assets and inheritance). But from a purely pragmatic perspective, I think it is a good idea to have as much of the person's personal assets transferred to somebody else's name (before he dies) to avoid getting charged by the government. There is no estate, succession, inheritance or death taxes in BC, but you still get slapped with a ridiculous probate fee that ranges from anywhere between 0 - 1.4% of the person's estate. If the person has a $500k house under his name, for example, that would immediately amount to almost a $7k probate fee from that alone.

It is not cheap to die...

-Lik

fm9610

Thanks for the tips.  I have never thought of that.  Thanks again.