Ok, time for a personal update again.

a) My father's matters

I am 95% done with my father's matters. Given the circumstances, getting over the 80% mark within 2 months is a fairly decent record given what I was taught in law school.

When a bank receives notice from a law firm that someone has passed away, the bank account becomes frozen. No withdrawals or deposits are allowed. Incoming CDP dividends will also be prevented from coming in (which is puzzling to me). According to CDP, cheques will be instead be issued under the name of the deceased. A $2 fee will be charged to convert each cheque to that of the trustee of the estate.

As of now, I have yet to receive my first dividends cheque. I do expect a torrent of dividends cheques to come in as early as next week. I would have to collect these cheques and then go...