Legal Forms

The New Brunswick Marital Property Act does not apply to common law couples unless they have signed a domestic contract. That's why you and your partner need to sign a Cohabitation Agreement.

• This Agreement sets out each partner's legal rights and obligations with respect to child support, estate rights and jointly and separately owned property.
• Each partner continues to own the assets he/she brought into the relationship, and any assets acquired during the relationship are jointly owned by both partners.
• Each partner is solely responsible for his/her own debts and financial obligations.
• The partners agree to jointly raise and support the children they have together.
• Each partner waives any right to any inheritance left to the other partner by a will or under the laws of succession.
• This document comes with a Certificate of Independent Legal Advice for each partner. You must see a lawyer and get independent legal advice before you sign the Agreement.
• Intended for use only in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada.

Appoint an agent (attorney) to manage your finances and property in the event that you can no longer do so, with this New Brunswick Enduring Power of Attorney for Property.

• The Power of Attorney is in accordance with the New Brunswick Enduring Powers of Attorney Act and is current to July 2021.
• This document allows you to appoint someone you trust to make decisions on your behalf for issues relating to your property, finances and business affairs.
• The Power of Attorney does NOT grant your agent authority to make health care or personal care decisions for you.
• You can impose conditions and restrictions on your agent's powers as you see fit.
• This is an enduring power of attorney, which means that it will remain in effect even if you are judged mentally incapable at some future time.
• The form includes instructions on how to complete and execute it to ensure that it is valid, as well as additional information on powers of attorney.
• This is a downloadable legal template which is easy to use and understand.
• This form should only be used by New Brunswick residents.

Make your will and plan for the future with this package of estate planning documents for the Province of New Brunswick.

This package contains the following documents:

1. New Brunswick Enduring Power of Attorney for Property, which lets you name someone you trust to manage your property and financial affairs on your behalf.
2. New Brunswick Revocation of Power of Attorney form.
3. New Brunswick Power of Attorney for Personal Care, which allows you to designate an agent to make health care and personal care decisions for you if you lack the capacity to do so.
4. Legal will kit for Canada, which includes a will form, a New Brunswick Affidavit of Witness to Will form as required by provincial laws, instructions and information to guide you through preparing your will, and a comprehensive estate planning questionnaire.

Save almost 30% off the regular price of your estate planning documents with this all-in-one downloadable package. The forms can be used by more than one person in your household.

Give yourself and your family the peace of mind that comes with knowing you have made arrangements for future eventualities.

NB landlords, is your tenant behind in rent payments? Serve the tenant with this Final Notice to Vacate, pursuant to the New Brunswick Residential Tenancy Act 1975.

• This form can only be served after you have served an initial Notice to Vacate and waited for the 7-day period for the tenant to comply.
• The landlord notifies the tenants that because they have not paid the rent as set out in the initial Notice, they must vacate the rental premises.
• If the tenants do not vacate the premises as demanded, a Sheriff may evict the tenant.
• This form can be used by both landlords and rental property managers.
• Issued by Service New Brunswick as a fillable PDF form.

Create a joint venture in New Brunswick with this fully editable Joint Venture Agreement template.

• One of the co-venturers will manage the joint venture, and will be paid a management fee.
• No co-venturer may transfer their interest without the consent of the other parties, except if he/she dies, upon which their interest will automatically pass to their spouse or children.
• Each co-venturer has a right of first refusal and piggyback rights on the interest of the other parties, in the event of a sale or transfer.
• Any co-venturer may exercise a shot-gun (buy-sell) provision with respect to the interest of another co-venturer.

This New Brunswick Joint Venture Agreement is available as a downloadable Microsoft Word file.

NB contractors, give notice of your lien interest in a property by serving the appropriate parties with this New Brunswick Notice of Lien.

• The Notice sets out:
  • the address of the property which is subject to the lien,
  • the work or services done or to be done to the property,
  • the amount due to the contractor by the property owner.
• The file is in MS Word format and includes both the English and French versions of the form.
• Intended to be used only in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada.

Give notice to Residential Tenancies that you have transferred ownership of a rental premises with this free form for New Brunswick landlords.

• The Notice is required under the Residential Tenancies Act.
• The landlord must provide the Residential Tenancies Office with the date of the change of ownership and the name and address of the new owner.
• The form includes both the English and French versions.
• Issued by Service New Brunswick as a fillable PDF form.

Serve a tenant who is behind in rent payments with this free Notice to Vacate form for New Brunswick landlords.

• The Notice contains instructions for how it must be served.
• The landlord informs the tenants that they must either pay the rent in full within 7 days of receiving the notice, or vacate the rental premises.
• This form can also be used by rental property managers.
• Available as a free PDF download, issued by Service New Brunswick.

Appoint an attorney to make personal care and medical decisions for you with this New Brunswick Enduring Power of Attorney for Personal Care.

• The Power of Attorney is in accordance with the Enduring Powers of Attorney Act.
• This document allows you to appoint someone you trust to make decisions on your behalf in the event that you can no longer do so, with respect to such things as health care, consent for or refusal of medical treatment, nutrition, clothing, hygiene, personal safety, etc.
• This Power of Attorney does NOT grant your attorney authority to manage your finances or property.
• You can place restrictions or conditions on your attorney's powers, if you wish.
• The form includes instructions on how to complete and execute the Power of Attorney to ensure that it is valid, as well as other information about the effect of a Power of Attorney.
• This is a downloadable legal template which is easy to use and understand. For use only in the Province of New Brunswick.

Cancel an existing Power of Attorney with this free Revocation of Power of Attorney form for New Brunswick.

• The revocation form allows you to cancel your previous Power of Attorney and revoke the powers you gave to your agent.
• The form should be signed in front of a witness, and includes an Affidavit of Attestation to be sworn by the witness.
• This New Brunswick Revocation of Power of Attorney form is provided in MS Word format.