Everyone has questions about laws that affect our lives. Our questions may change with life events as we grow up, move into the workforce, start a family, care for loved ones, retirement plan and become older adults ourselves.
C’est Entre vos Mains: Information juridique pour les aînés et leurs familles aims to:
- Increase understanding of everyday legal issues
- Help people plan for the future, with a focus on preventing legal problems and
- Increase family members', friends', caregivers', and service providers' knowledge and understanding of legal and financial issues affecting older adults.
- Provide essential legal information to our francophone neighbours.
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C’est Entre vos Mains: Information juridique pour les aînés et leurs familles has individual chapters on:
- pdf Les Mauvais Traiitements Envers Les Aînés (655 KB)
- pdf La capacité et la prise de décision des adultes (405 KB)
- pdf Rencontres et nouvelles relations (487 KB)
- pdf Grands-Parents et Petits-Enfants (403 KB)
- pdf Décisions relatives a la santé et aux autres soins personnels (569 KB)
- pdf Planifier vos funérailles (311 KB)
- pdf Procurations (856 KB)
- pdf Le Curateur Public (149 KB)
- pdf Escroqueries, vol d’identité et autres fraudes (403 KB)
- pdf Testaments (534 KB)
- pdf Quel est le sens des mots? (174 KB)
DISCLAIMER: This publication explains the law in a general way as it applies in Nova Scotia, Canada. The information is not intended as legal advice. If you have a legal problem, contact a lawyer for advice about what steps you should take in your situation. We thank the Law Foundation of Nova Scotia, the Department of Justice Canada, and the Nova Scotia Department of Justice for providing core funding for our services, which makes publications like this possible.
The information in C’est Entre vos Mains is current to February 2025. We try to keep information accurate and up-to-date. However, laws do change. You should check with a lawyer or contact us for information about changes to laws mentioned.
The first edition of this publication was a project of the Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia (LISNS) in partnership with the Nova Scotia Centre on Aging (NSCA), Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, with funding from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program.
We thank the many individuals, including seniors and practitioners, who have provided feedback, expert input and advice on sections of the guide for this and previous editions.
We particularly thank the following for reviewing, editing, and providing expert feedback on sections of the guide for the fourth and fifth editions:
- Nova Scotia Public Trustee Office;
- Mary Jane Abram;
- Allyson O’Shea and Adriana Meloni, Nova Scotia Department of Justice;
- Ilana Luther, Access to Justice and Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia;
- Paul Stordy, Nova Scotia Legal Aid;
- Jeanne Desveaux, KC, Barrister & Solicitor;
- Barbara Darby;
- Jessica Lyle, TEP, Touchstone Legal;
- Erin O’Brien Edmonds KC, TEP, Arcus Legal;
- Victoria Apold;
- Jonathan Hughes, JTH Law;
- Peter Duke and Claire McNeil, Dalhousie Legal Aid Service; and,
- Shelley Hounsell-Gray, KC, Blackburn Law.
Thank you to
- Lisa Neily, Graphic Design
- Dianna Burns, Legal Information Counsellor
- Jesse Williams, Web Maintenance
- Katheryn Rheault, Maritime Interpreting & Translation, Translation Services
- Katie Kelley, Maritime Interpreting & Translation, Translation coordination
We thank the Law Foundation of Nova Scotia, the Department of Justice Canada, and the Nova Scotia Department of Justice for providing core funding for our services and the Nova Scotia Department of Seniors and Justice Canada for funding this publication. We also wish to thank the Department of Justice Canada, and the Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund. We thank members of the Public Legal Education Association of Canada for permission to adapt some of their content for use in this publication.