Suzana Popovic-Montag
FIRM:
Hull & Hull LLP
POSITION:
Managing Partner
AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Estates & Wills & Trusts, Mediation
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The Toronto-based managing partner of Hull & Hull LLP, Suzana Popovic-Montag practises in the areas of estates, trusts, capactiy and fiduciary litigation while also maintaining a specialized mediation through Hull Estate Mediation Inc.
Ms. Popovic-Montag was called to the Ontario Bar in 1997 after receiving an LL.B. from the University of Western Ontario and an Honours B.A. from Wilfred Laurier University. She has received mediation training at Harvard Law School.
Past chair of the Trusts and Estates Section Executive of the Ontario Bar Association, Ms. Popovic-Montag has also been involved in many OBA subcommittees including chairing the Brown Bag Lunches. She is also the publicity liaison for the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners Toronto Executive.
In addition, she is a member of the Toronto Lawyers Association, the Estate Planning Council (Mississauga), the Halton County Law Association and the Advocates' Society.
A blogger, podcaster and speaker at OBA, Osgoode Hall and LSUC programs, Ms. Popovic-Montag is a regular contributor to a number of legal publications.
Select an alternate caregiver for pets in your will
A small but growing number of pet owners express interest in making provisions for their pets in their estate plans, Toronto trusts and estates lawyer Suzana Popovic-Montag tells The Canadian Press. Read moreThe future of cars – hello hydrogen fuel cell
By Suzana Popovic-Montag Cars have never been a huge focus for me (more of a necessity than a passion) but, at my husband’s insistence, we do go to the Canadian Auto Show in Toronto every four or five years to look at the new models and think through possible future purchases. Read moreDo you miss your alarm clock?
By Suzana Popovic-Montag Smartphones have disrupted a lot of old school technology – the humble alarm clock being one of them. Few people under 30 own an alarm clock, and I’m sure many don’t even know what an alarm clock is. Read moreThe estate sale – can it be a treasure island?
By Suzana Popovic-Montag We wrote several months ago about the declining value of household furniture and other items – especially antiques that were highly desired decades ago. Read moreProvince gives ‘meaningful guidance’ around multiple wills
Recent guidance from Ontario’s Ministry of Finance is helpful to estate lawyers looking to minimize probate-related expenses through multiple wills, says Toronto trusts and estates lawyer Suzana Popovic-Montag. Read moreUse your ancestry to your advantage
By Suzana Popovic-Montag Tracing your ancestry is big business these days. According to Ancestry.com, the company and its worldwide affiliates have three million paid subscribers and have collected 15 million DNA samples from individuals. Read moreWashington is the first state to allow human remains to be composted
By Suzana Popovic-Montag You’re likely familiar with the Christian burial phrase “ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” While that phrase has been recited over graves for centuries, it may need changing in Washington state. With the green light given to the composting of human remains, “dust to dirt” may be a more appropriate way of putting it. Read moreHappy 60th — now start saving
By Suzana Popovic-Montag . There are lots of positives to retirement and your senior years: fewer costs, more leisure time, and less daily stress to name a few. And these are all worth celebrating. But the negatives can be crushing: more body pains and disease, the deaths of close friends and family, and being that much closer to death yourself. Read moreBeware of inheritance scams: Popovic-Montag
Although a law firm may conduct a search to find a missing heir, potential beneficiaries are never required to send money or banking information, says Toronto trusts and estates lawyer Suzana Popovic-Montag. Read moreWe can’t cut our smartphone habit — but we can cut the cost
By Suzana Popovic-Montag . Talk to someone who lives in Europe or travels there for extended periods. Ask them what they pay for their phone plan. You’ll be shocked and disheartened. The costs are a fraction of what they are in Canada. Read moreHull & Hull's SCC win establishes important precedent
Hull & Hull LLP’s recent Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) win in a case concerning unjust enrichment has many practitioners “fussed” about how the ruling affects “what everyone understood to be a clear protection in terms of an irrevocable beneficiary,” Toronto trusts and estates lawyer Suzana Popovic-Montag tells Canadian Lawyer . Read moreA cure for ageist thinking? It may not be needed
By Suzana Popovic-Montag . It’s taken decades, but we’re slowly coming to terms with a few of the “isms” in our culture – racism and sexism being two obvious ones. We can add discrimination based on disability and sexual preference as two others. Read moreAlexa – take a hike
By Suzana Popovic-Montag . Amazon Echo and Google Home – here’s my prediction about these smart speakers. In 25 years, we’ll look at film clips or ads that featured the “cool things” that these devices did – and we’ll laugh. We’ll laugh the same way we laugh today about news clips from the 1990s that described the wonder of the new “internet.” Read moreFive things that will disappear in our lifetime
By Suzana Popovic-Montag . It never stops. Another year on the calendar turns, and we receive another jolting reminder of the years passing. It’s not just loved ones that we lose over time – our way of life is also constantly under threat. Read moreFertilizer for your brain: how to grow your resilience
By Suzana Popovic-Montag . Let me give you the bad news first: some people are naturally more resilient than others – and life can be tough if your resilience falls in the low end of the range. Read more
