Sidhu Legal · Surrey, the Lower Mainland and BC
Lawyers for wills, real estate and family agreementsin Surrey, BC
Sidhu Legal prepares wills and helps executors through probate. We look after purchases, sales and refinances of homes and commercial property, and we draft separation, marriage and cohabitation agreements.
The short answer
What does Sidhu Legal do?
Sidhu Legal is a law office in Surrey, British Columbia, with three services: wills and estates, real estate and family law agreements. Each one is described below, with a page for every part of the work.
Clients meet with us at 6832c King George Blvd, Surrey, BC V3W 4Z9, and most of them live or own property in Surrey and the Lower Mainland. Sidhu Legal is a member of the Ng Sidhu Law association of independent law firms.
To get started, call 1 (778) 200-1616 or send the contact form and pick the service you need.
Wills & Estates
Wills, powers of attorney and probate in Surrey
Planning ahead starts with a will, usually alongside two documents that work while you are alive: an enduring power of attorney, so someone can manage your money if you can't, and a representation agreement for health care decisions. After a death, the executor takes over. We help executors apply for probate, collect the assets, pay the debts and distribute what is left.
Wills & Estates services
- WillsMaking, changing or revoking a will
- TrustsWill trusts, family trusts and funding
- Powers of attorneyMoney, care and advance directives
- ProbateApplying for a grant in BC
- Help for executorsDecisions and risks in the role
- Wills variationContesting a will or an estate
- Separation and your willWhat separating cancels, and what to sign
- Blended family estatesProviding for a spouse and your children
Real Estate
Buying, selling and refinancing property in Surrey
When you buy, we search the title, prepare the transfer and your lender's mortgage, file the property transfer tax return and pay the seller on completion day. When you sell, we pay off your mortgage from the sale money and send you the rest. We also act on refinances, presales and assignments, transfers between family members, and commercial leases and purchases.
Real Estate services
- Buying a homeTitle, family money and first-time exemptions
- Selling a homeWho can sign: estates, attorneys, separation
- Presales and assignmentsContract review and buying an assignment
- RefinancingBuyouts, family loans and old mortgages on title
- Title transfersJoint tenancy, survivorship and estate transfers
- Private salesSelling to family, tenants or people you know
- Independent legal adviceBefore you guarantee, co-sign or go on title
- Commercial propertyLeasing or buying space for your business
- Buying with a partnerTitle, shares and who paid what
Family Agreements
Separation, marriage and cohabitation agreements in Surrey
A family law agreement is a contract between partners. It can settle who keeps the home, how debts are divided, whether spousal support is paid and, where there are children, parenting and child support. We prepare cohabitation and marriage agreements before or during a relationship, separation agreements after one ends, and applications for an uncontested divorce.
Family Agreements services
- Separation agreementsTurning agreed terms into a binding contract
- Marriage agreementsPrenups, before or after the wedding
- Cohabitation agreementsFor couples living together unmarried
- Uncontested divorceDesk order divorce in the BC Supreme Court
- Mediation and arbitrationWhen one or two terms are still open
- Property and debtDividing assets and debt by agreement
- Separating with a homeBuyout, sale or keeping it together for a while
Before you get in touch
What happens after I get in touch?
The first step is a conflict check, done before anyone gives you advice. A firm can't act against someone it already represents, and in a family matter it can act for only one of the two people. Once that is clear, you will be asked for identification at a first meeting, which BC lawyers must collect on most files.
Can I sign documents without coming to the office?
It depends on the document. A will can be witnessed by electronic presence only under the conditions the Wills, Estates and Succession Act sets, and Land Title Office documents and sworn affidavits each follow their own signing rules. Ask when you call which of yours can be signed away from the office.
Is Sidhu Legal part of Ng Sidhu Law?
Sidhu Legal is a member of the Ng Sidhu Law association of independent law firms. Sidhu Legal has its own name, its own phone line and this website. Ng Sidhu Law's website is ngsidhu.com.
Common questions
Can my spouse and I make our wills at the same time?
Yes. Couples often have their wills prepared together, by one lawyer, in the same meetings. Before work starts, you both agree that anything one of you tells the lawyer can be shared with the other. If it turns out you want quite different things, for example for children from an earlier relationship, each of you may need a separate lawyer.
How early should I contact a lawyer about buying a home?
As soon as your offer is accepted, and before you remove subjects if you can. We need the signed contract, your lender's name and the names going on title. A problem found on the title search, or a question about how two buyers should own the home, is far easier to deal with while the contract is still conditional.
Does each of us need our own lawyer for a separation agreement?
In practice, yes. One lawyer can't act for both of you on the same agreement, so each person has their own. The Family Law Act doesn't make separate advice a condition of a valid agreement, but if one of you later asks a court to set the agreement aside, the court looks at how it was made and whether each of you understood it.
Where is your office?
The office is at 6832c King George Blvd, Surrey, BC V3W 4Z9. Most clients live or own property in Surrey and elsewhere in the Lower Mainland.
More about the practice is on the about page, and plain explanations of BC rules are in the articles.
Tell us which service you need
Call the Surrey office or send the form. If a date is already set, such as a completion day or a signing, mention it so the work can be planned around it.