Jacklynn L. Pivovar

Jacklynn Pivovar practises exclusively in the area of wills and estates with an emphasis on estate litigation, estate planning, and estate administration. She has a wide range of experience in claims arising from wills, other estate related claims, mental capacity issues, family relief applications, as well as representing and advising individuals with claims against an estate. She also has experience in adult incapacity, including matters related to powers of attorney, personal directives, guardianship, and trusteeship. She also drafts wills, personal directives, and powers of attorneys, acts for executors, advises clients regarding probate and administration of estates, and assists clients with issues concerning mental incapacity in adults. She has conducted trials and applications in the Provincial Court and Court of King’s Bench. She has also attended at the Alberta Court of Appeal and responded to leave applications at the Supreme Court of Canada. She is a strong advocate of alternative dispute resolution. She regularly represents clients in judicial dispute resolutions, run by a Court of King’s Bench justice.