Legal Forms

If you and your partner own property as tenants in common, you'll need to grant a life estate to your partner to make sure the property doesn't become part of your estate when you die.

• Unlike joint tenancy ownership, which transfers title to the survivor upon the death of one of the joint tenants, any real property owned as tenants in common will become part of your estate and be disposed of under your will.
• A life estate is a way of designating who you want to give the property to when you die, but leaving you the right to continue to live in the property during your lifetime.
• Under this Mutual Grant of Life Estate, each tenant in common grants the other a life estate in the property.
• Each party agrees to contribute equally to mortgage payments, maintenance costs and expenses related to the property.
• Each party indemnifies the other against claims and damages.
• Upon the death of one of the parties, title to the property will transfer to the survivor.
• Keep your property out of your will and make sure it goes to the right person after you die.
• Available in MS Word format.
• Intended to be used only in Canada.

Prepare a GST Agency Agreement between a client and a lawyer with this free template form for Canada.

• The client appoints the lawyer as its agent to pay fees for certain federal and provincial government services on its behalf.
• This form makes it unnecessary for the lawyer to charge the client GST on those services.
• The client also indemnifies the lawyer against any claims or costs.
• The form can be downloaded for free in MS Word format.
• Intended to be used only in Canada.

Prior to assigning a mortgage to a new lender, any guarantor to the mortgage should give their consent by signing this Guarantor Consent Form.

• If a personal guarantee has been given as security for a mortgage loan and the mortgagee wants to assign the mortgage to another lender, the guarantor must consent to the assignment.
• The guarantor acknowledges that he is aware that the guarantee he gave for repayment of the mortgage loan is still binding, notwithstanding the assignment.
• This is a downloadable legal form which can be used anywhere in Canada.
• Available in MS Word format.

Get a guaranty of payment of a borrower's loan from a guarantor with this easy downloadable form.

• In addition to guaranteeing repayment of the loan, the guarantor acknowledges that a signature on the guarantee is intended to be an endorsement of the loan instrument.
• Any change, extension, or waiver under the loan instrument will not affect the guarantor's liability.
• This form can be used in any part of the United States or its territories with the applicable notary acknowledgement.
• Available in MS Word format.

This Guide to Partnership Buyouts can assist you in structuring a transaction to sell your interest in a business partnership, or buying out a partner's interest.

Whether you are buying out your partner, or you are the one being bought out, and whether the buyout is friendly or bitter, or sudden or planned, there are many things you need to think about when developing the exit agreement.

Key Points of the Guide

This expert guide offers insights into:

• why business partners fight,
• the role partnership agreements play in disputes,
• how to avoid disputes when the partnership terminates or a partner leaves,
• a comprehensive checklist of issues to consider when buying out a partner.

Jurisdiction

This 8-page guide focuses on Canadian businesses but contains general information for U.S. partnerships as well.

Do you know how the tax authorities determine the difference between an employee and an independent contractor?

• Many employers are considering hiring staff on a contractor basis, instead of employing them outright, as a means of reducing the employer's obligation for payroll remittances. But it's important to be sure that you know which factors determine whether a worker is an employee or not.
• This set of free Guidelines for Canadian employers explain what Canada Revenue Agency looks at, and how a court would determine whether someone who works for you is an employee, even if you assumed you were retaining them as a contractor.
• Available as a PDF download.
• This information is for Canada only.

Download a free copy of the Last Will of fantasy horror author H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937).

• Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American fantasy, horror and science fiction novelist best known for the Cthulhu Mythos.
• He was born into a wealthy family but their financial prospects changed drastically after his grandfather passed away and his mother was institutionalized.
• Lovecraft's works advanced the theories of cosmicism and the decline of civilization
• Sadly, he never achieved any measure of literary success during his lifetime. His work only became popular during the latter half of the 20th century and he is now considered one of the most important writers of supernatural horror.

Biographical information courtesy Wikipedia.org.

Download this free copy of the Will of New York billionaire Harry Helmsley (1909-1997).

• Helmsley was one of the most successful real estate magnates in America.
• In his will, Harry Helmsley leaves an estate estimated at $1.7 billion. A few of his vast holdings included the Empire State Building, and posh hotels in New York.
• Helmsley died of pneumonia in 1997 at a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was survived by his wife Leona, who was known as the 'Queen of Mean'.

Prepare bylaws for a Hawaii nonprofit corporation with this easy downloadable template form.

• The Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act gives the company's directors the power to adopt bylaws for regulating and managing the corporation.
• This standard form template includes sections governing:
  • regular and special meetings of the Board,
  • composition, election, powers and responsibilities of the Board of Directors,
  • election, duties and resonsibilities of company officers,
  • distributions, loans and guaranties,
  • restrictions on private interest,
  • legislative activities,
  • limitation of liability and indemnification of directors and officers,
  • State oversight and required notice to Attorney General - for public benefit corporation.
• Available in MS Word format.
• Intended to be used only by nonprofit companies formed in the State of Hawaii.

Have you received final payment for your work on a construction job in Hawaii? It's time to provide the property owner with a Conditional Waiver and Release of Lien on Final Payment.

This document acknowledges that, upon receipt and clearance of the final payment, all of the contractor’s lien rights and claims related to the labor, materials, or equipment supplied for the property's improvements are relinquished.

Effectiveness of the Waiver

The waiver and release only become effective once the payment has been received and has cleared the owner’s bank. Until this condition is met, the contractor's rights to claim a lien against the property remain intact. Once the payment has cleared, all such rights and claims are fully waived and released.

Template Information

This form is available as a downloadable template, allowing you to reuse it as often as necessary for all of your projects.

Jurisdiction

This Waiver and Release form is intended exclusively for use within the State of Hawaii. It should not be used outside of Hawaii, as lien waiver and release laws differ significantly across jurisdictions.