KAPLAN LAW OFFICE & K.L.O. NOTARY

Established in downtown Toronto since 1993

For value-added assistance, business owner-operators choose an experienced professional in business management & legal affairs.
Law Society Member since 1993, with experience in: business matters, family matters, and wills & estates.
Business Improvement Area Member, BIA Downtown Yonge, Toronto.

Services bilingues Français Anglais * * Bilingual English French * * Spanish Español

Mrs. E. Kaplan, LL.B., N.P.O.
Lawyer & Notary Public / Avocate & Notaire Publique

Tel.: 416-593-6012 (direct line & voicemail) 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
Consultation by appointment: Monday to Friday & Saturday/Sunday

27 CARLTON STREET BUSINESS CENTRE: " K.L.O. NOTARY "
27 Carlton Street, Office #207, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1L2, CANADA

Steps from Bay Street - East of Yonge & College St. intersection
Subway: COLLEGE (Exit: Carlton Street South)

K.L.O. is a dedicated professional law office * with a focus on international matters * convenient downtown Toronto location
Benefit from all the advantages of a professional law office and comfortable reception area.
You are welcome to bring a family member or a friend with you to your meeting. Child-friendly office.
Your friends or business associates can tell you. Your visit will be pleasant, helpful, and informative.

A N N O U N C E M E N T S ===> K.L.O. NOTARY
Notary Public ...... Domestic & International Matters ...... Notaire Bilingue Français
Notarize documents ............ Fee $39.99 - 2nd document $12.99 (G.S.T. included**) ............ Multilingual: English-French-Spanish-etc.
By appointment ...... 8:00 am to 8:00 pm ...... Monday to Friday ...... Weekends Saturday & Sunday
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Call today for your appointment tomorrow *
Mrs. Kaplan ............ Lawyer & Notary Public ............ Tel.: 416-593-6012

SITE MAP

A) GENERAL: Biography - Service Area - Qualifications & Experience
B) OFFICE: Telephone & Voicemail Information, Office Directions
PART 1 - NOTARY PUBLIC
PART 2 - BUSINESS & LEGAL AFFAIRS
þ Corporate - Commercial - Business Law - Contracts
þ Information Technology Contracts (IS/IT)
þ Foreign Divorce Opinion Letter
þ Family Matters-Domestic Contracts
þ Wills & Estates
þ Certificate of Independent Legal Advice (CILA)
þ Legal Documents for Every Day Events
PART 3 - TIPS AND THE LAW
1. Why Make a Contract
2. Invitation Letter: Process & Procedures
3. Consent Letter Travelling Child: Process & Procedures
PART 4 - COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
1. English / French Services, Notarized Translations
2. Professional Résumés and cover letters, Copy-editing & proofing
BUSINESS-MINDED LAWYER / Avocate
After attending the Université de la Sorbonne-Paris, France, Mrs. Kaplan began her career in corporate-commercial law, international business transactions, and negotiation & mediation at CBS Inc.'s Law Department, European Headquarters, Paris, France in 1983, and continued her career in Toronto in 1993.

Areas of Service
Clientele
Industry Sectors

local, trans-Canada, international: U.S.A. & overseas ( Serving over 1/3 of all the countries in the World ! )
individuals, entrepreneurs, artists, promoters, small business owners, medium to large corporations
business, international commerce; broadcast; entertainment & music; finance; information technology; telecommunications
purchase-sale-export: industrial / hydro-electric power generation equipment; manufacturing
BILINGUE FRANÇAIS / ANGLAIS - Bilingual English / French
Préparation des documents juridiques en Français pour utilisation aux pays francophones, etc.
Maître Kaplan offre des services juridiques et notaires en Français. Pour plus de renseignements, téléphonez au 416-593-6012.
- Reconnaissance de signature par notaire, en Français
- Déclaration assermentée, Déclaration statutaire, Affidavit
- Déclaration capacité de mariage; citoyenneté
- Procuration notariée / Testament en Français
- Demande de rétablissement de nationalité
- Déclaration / Certificat de Résidence
- Traduction notariée avec Certificat Notarial de Traduction
- Certificat Notarial d'Individualité
NOTARY PUBLIC & COMMISSIONER FOR TAKING AFFIDAVITS / Notaire Publique & Commissionaire
Mrs. Kaplan, Lawyer & Notary Public, offers notarial services using precise legal procedures & form, stamps & seals for a polished professional-looking product tailored to your specific needs and is especially suitable for use outside of Ontario: i.e., for travel or inter-provincial / international transactions.

For: access to personalized and professional - yet - affordable assistance in the heart of downtown Toronto.
Value added asssistance: Obtain a review of your application, free of charge, to ensure the documentation is in order. See details below.
* No more returned applications due to missing information or lack of supporting documents. *
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Education and experience enables Mrs. Kaplan, Lawyer & Notary, to offer a wide variety of quality products & assistance.
You are not paying for the learning curve !
2002 - Advanced Negotiation & Mediation Certificate, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto
2001 - Negotiation & Mediation Certificate, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto
1993 - Notary Public and Commissioner for Taking Affidavits, Toronto
1993 - Barrister and Solicitor, Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
1992 - Articles of Clerkship, Winkler, Filion & Wakely LLP, Bay Street, Toronto
1991 - Bachelor of Laws, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto
1988 - 1991 Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto
1983 - Negotiator & Mediator, Droits de Travail, Paris

(B) OFFICE INFORMATION
For general inquiries or to make a "next day" appointment, please call Mrs. Kaplan, Lawyer & Notary Public, at:
Tel.: 416-593-6012 ...... From 8:00 am to 8:00 pm ...... Monday to Friday and Saturday / Sunday
When your call is directed to VOICEMAIL, Mrs. Kaplan is with a client or otherwise not available to take your call.
If you wish to speak with Mrs. Kaplan or ask a question and have been directed to voicemail, you will need to leave a message stating: 1) your Name, and 2) Telephone Number.
Mrs. Kaplan will then return your call before 8:00pm or, whenever possible, at the time you specify in your message.

For your free 30-minute consultation by telephone or by meeting to review your documents, ask for an appointment.
For those with tight schedules, ask for a convenient evening or weekend appointment.
Long distance calls returned 'collect' (reversed charges)
Website: Google: Notary Toronto Kaplan
ADDRESS - DIRECTIONS
WALKING DISTANCE from Toronto City Hall, Eaton Centre, Bay Street, University of Toronto, and Ryerson University
SUBWAY: COLLEGE (Exit: Carlton Street South)

OFFICE ADDRESS: K.L.O. Notary, 27 Carlton Street ( steps from Bay Street, between Yonge and Church Streets )
OFFICE BUILDING LOCATION: 100 metres east of the subway exit, on the south-side of Carlton St. )
SEE: large "27" sign above glass entry doors at street level ( beside "Carlton Printers & Photocopies" )

INSIDE: Elevator to 2nd floor - KNOCK on Office Door # 207, K.L.O. Notary
EVENINGS and WEEKENDS: "K.L.O." - Entry Door Buzzer Code: 0207 ( after the beep,PULL open the right-hand door )

PART 1 - NOTARY PUBLIC and COMMISSIONER FOR TAKING AFFIDAVITS
8:00 am to 8:00 pm ...... Monday to Friday and Weekends Saturday/Sunday
.................... All taxes are included in the Fees** ....................
Witness Signature by Notary or Commissioner / Administer Oath or Declaration of Truth
Fee: $39.99 for the first signature / 1st document; and Fee: $12.99 for next signature / next document
For: Applications, Affidavits, Statutory Declarations, etc.
Notarize True Copy of Documents
Fee: $39.99 for the first 5 pages; and Fee: $12.99 for next 10 pages - bring your originals and a PHOTOCOPY of the documents
*See CARLTON PRINTERS on the 1st floor for all your photocopying, faxing, and internet needs (Tel:416-977-5031 Closed Sat./Sun.)
Prepare documents* *
Fee: $59.99 Prepare and notarize Consent Letter for travelling child, Invitation Letter, Affidavit for OSAP application for financial assistance, etc.
* * plus 5% Goods & Services Tax (G.S.T.)
Prepare notarized translation of documents
Prepare notarized translation from English to French / French to English, including notarized Certificate of Translation.
Suitable for use with your application for nationality at the Consulate of Belgium.
Examples of Offerings
Notarize true copy of documents: Immigration Permanent Residence application, university degrees, transcripts, identification documents
Administer oath / affirmation / declaration(s) of truth:
- Affidavits: Subscribing Witness, Proof of Loss-insurance claim, OSAP, common-law status
- Statutory Declarations: Form A-Land Transfers, lost passport, inheritance documents, share transfers
- Applications: divorce, name change, medical licensing examinations, nursing board examinations
- Immigration: primary sponsorship, secondary sponsorship
Notarize signature of documents (certify identity and witness signature) * Attest true likeness of photograph
- Invitation Letter to visit Canada (sample, see Part 3 - Tips & the Law)
- Consent Letter for Travelling Child (sample, see Part 3 - Tips & the Law)
- Power of Attorney for use overseas
NOTE: Certificate of Authentification
For notarized documents to be used overseas, you might need to obtain a Certificate of Authentification from the Government of Ontario,
Official Documents Services. They charge a fee of $16 for this certificate; and they are located at 77 Grenville St., 9th floor (Tel.: 416-325-8416)
* just a short walk from Kaplan Law Office & K.L.O. Notary *

PART 2 - BUSINESS & LEGAL AFFAIRS
Please call for further information or offerings not listed.
FEES: Firm Fixed Price or Rates: hourly, daily, 1/2 day
BUSINESS OWNERS / ENTREPRENEURS / CONSULTANTS - Protect your proprietary rights
CONTRACT REVIEW: Before you sign, make sure the contract accurately reflects your agreement. Let a professional review it.
At your meeting, we will review the agreement together; and you will receive an explanation your rights and your obligations, and the benefits and risks of signing the contract as it is written; a checklist of important items contained in the agreement; and learn of options for changes that could or should be made before signing.

CONTRACT PREPARATION: Obtain custom-made agreements for your particular project or master agreements for your precedents, using best-of-business practices & contracting principles, generally-accepted terms and conditions in compliance with North American industry standards, and to give effect to your specific instructions and needs.

INFORMATION SERVICES and INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENTS (IS/IT): Obtain custom-made agreements for software development, licensing, conversion services, web-site development, purchase and sale of IS/IT, consulting services, contractor or support level services, etc.
CORPORATE-COMMERCIAL and BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
BUSINESS OWNERS: Why increase your operating costs by hiring more staff when you can have your own in-house counsel on an
outsource basis for best of industry practice, procedures, and standards.
Business Associations: incorporate your business (Ontario or Federal incorporation, ); create a partnership or become a sole proprietor.
Business Ventures: licensing of foreign corporation (Extra-provincial licence); consortiums, joint ventures, strategic alliances, mergers
Business Investment / Ownership: share capitalizations, shareholder agreements

Commercial Transactions - International & Domestic: Contract preparation or review & revision; negotiation or mediation

Risk Management: Use a contract to protect your intellectual property rights, confidential information, trade secrets, customer lists, limit liability.

Employer / Employee Relations: Use best-of-industry practices to manage your resources & personnel records, hire employees or terminate employment

Corporate Management: Avoid government fines under the Business Corporations Act ! Ensure your mandatory Corporate Records are current. Create or update your corporation's Minute Book: registers, ledgers, financial statements, etc.; Board of Directors and Shareholders meetings, agendas, resolutions, minutes of meetings; Share Capitalization
FOREIGN DIVORCE OPINION LETTER
Obtain a favourable Legal Opinion for the Recognition of a Foreign Divorce in Ontario.
A Legal Opinion, also known as an opinion letter, is NOT the one page sample letter from City Hall. The facts of each divorce are applied to the laws of Canada and assessed for compliance. The legal opinion, based on the evidence presented, is set out in letter-form.

Opinions are prepared in strict compliance with the Office of the Registrar's criteria for granting a Minister's authorization to marry in Ontario.
100% of Mrs. Kaplan's legal opinions have resulted in an authorization to marry with no delays or requests for supplementary information, including Sharia law: Egypt, India, Pakistan.

For: intake meeting / fact-finding interview; Legal Opinion letter in duplicate originals; mailing to Applicant & Co-applicant (or pick-up.)
Processing time: 48 hrs.

Before requesting an opinion letter, Applicants MUST have an original Certificate of Divorce (or its equivalent) and know the date the divorce process was started.

Applicants outside of Canada wishing to marry in Ontario, please call or email Kaplan.Toronto@ymail.com for Non-resident Procedures.
USA Applicants: Obtain your Certificate of Divorce on-line from your State Department of Health.
FAMILY MATTERS / DOMESTIC CONTRACTS
FAMILY MATTERS
Continuing Power of Attorney for Property or Power of Attorney for Personal Care
For: Pro-active planning in case of Accident or Medical Condition. Use legally binding documents to name and authorize your representative to carry out YOUR financial or medical instructions at your bank or with your doctors.
For: Emergency or disability, Mrs. Kaplan, LL.B., N.P.O. will attend at hospital.

DOMESTIC CONTRACTS
For: custom-made agreements to meet your specific needs
1. Co-habitation Agreement
2. Marriage Contract (aka Pre-nuptial Agreement)
3. Separation Agreement (aka Settlement Agreement)

DIVORCE MATTERS
For: professional, confidential, and personal services to
1. prepare and file Joint or Uncontested divorce applications for Toronto's Superior Court of Justice-Family Division
2. prepare, review or edit your pleadings
WILLS & ESTATES
WILL PREPARATION
For: pro-active estate planning. Prepare a Will to give effect to your final wishes for the distribution of your assets.
A Will must be prepared & signed using specific procedures, to be accepted as valid by the courts.
Obtain a correctly prepared Will in compliance with the laws of Ontario and Canada, including the mandatory Affidavit of Subscribing Witness which must be presented with the Will for probate.

1. Will and Affidavit
2. Mirror Wills (aka Mutual Wills / Husband & Wife Wills) and Affidavits
3. Will Review - review of your already-prepared and signed Will to verify form, due execution, and witness statements
4. Living Will - set out in writing, the medical treatments to which you consent in case of accident
5. International Will - for acceptance outside of Canada by convention countries
6. Codicil to a Will - to make legally binding changes to your Will without having to make a new Will
ESTATE ADMINISTRATION / PROBATE OF WILL
Have you been named an Executor / Estate Trustee in the Will of a relative or a friend, and the time has come to administer the estate?

Before you can legally act as Executor / Trustee: the Will must be proved; estate administration taxes must be paid; and you must obtain a Certificate of Appointment as Estate Trustee. Then the estate can be administered and distributed, in compliance with applicable laws.

Has a loved one passed away without a Will? Call Mrs. Kaplan to discuss your next steps.
CERTIFICATE OF INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVICE (aka ILA, CILA)
This formal procedure, involving a lawyer's meeting to obtain a Certificate, is necessary before signing certain agreements as proof that a person received legal advice on and understands: the contents of the agreement; and the rights & obligations under the agreement and at law.

For: bank loans, granting or waiving Information Technology rights, co-habitation or marriage contract, separation agreement, etc.
LEGAL DOCUMENTS FOR EVERYDAY EVENTS
Obtain custom-made agreements which are legally binding and enforceable at law.
1. Commercial: contracts for the purchase and sale of goods or services, leasing, licensing, franchise, etc.
2. Financing: Debtor/Creditor Agreement, Loan Agreement
3. Employment: Hiring, Termination, Releases, Assignment & Renunciation of Rights

Obtain custom-made legal instruments to suit your specific requirements.
1. General Power of Attorney
2. Limited Continuing Power of Attorney for Property
3. Affidavits and Statutory Declarations

PART 3 - TIPS AND THE LAW
#1 WHY MAKE A CONTRACT
Make a contract to protect your rights or investment by setting out, in writing, the legally binding relationship that you wish to create with another.
If someone does not fulfill their part of the bargain then the contract is evidence to seek remedies for non-performance.
A written contract is proof of your oral agreement.
Protect your assets - Protect your rights !
#2 INVITATION LETTER TO VISIT CANADA
Persons requiring a Temporary Resident Visa to visit Canada must obtain an invitation letter from the person in Canada they are going to visit.
Some visa offices may require the Invitation Letter to be notarized by a Notary Public.

Mrs. Kaplan, a Lawyer & Notary Public, is an Official authorized by law to notarize this Letter as part of the visa application process.
*See list of required information at the Citizenship and Immigration Canada website: www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/letter.html

* If you really want your relative to visit - or - if your invitation has previously been rejected, let Mrs. Kaplan use her experience and knowledge to prepare your invitation letter for you.

* CIC Immigration is processing Invitation letters for visitors from Haiti on a priority basis. Téléphonez Me Kaplan pour une lettre d'invitation en français.
#3 CONSENT LETTER TRAVELLING CHILD
To exit Canada, the parent or legal guardian of a minor child must provide a Consent Letter to the person with whom their child will be travelling.
Mrs. Kaplan, a Lawyer & Notary Public, is an Official authorized by law to notarize such a Consent Letter.
*See list of required information at the Foreign Affairs Canada website: www.voyage.gc.ca SEARCH: Consent Letter
FORM OF INVITATION LETTER OR CONSENT LETTER
Mrs. Kaplan can prepare these letters for you or please ensure that your letter has two inches of blank space across the entire bottom of page for NOTARY's TESTIMONIAL STAMP, NOTARY's COMMISSION STAMP, gold legal seal, and imprint of OFFICIAL NOTARIAL SEAL.

PART 4 - COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
GLOBAL COTTAGE INDUSTRIES Org. (GCIO) - Est'd 2000
Established in 2000, GCIO is locally owned and operated organization with a mission to promote and make quality goods & services of an entrepreneurial nature available to the general public. For information or to open an account, call Global Cottage Industries at 416-593-6012.
Current Offerings:
- Translations: French / English including notarial certificate of translation - 11¢ per word ( min. charge $59.99 )
- Résumés: French / English - professionally prepared
- Commercial literature: prepare or edit your copy prior to publishing

Services Offered or Prices are subject to change from time to time.
E. Kaplan (c) 1993-2009 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Posting: Feb. 8, 2010 End of web page 03.20040705 0330
Associations: Law Society of Upper Canada Ontario, BIA Downtown Yonge; Notary Toronto Downtown Lawyer extended hours Open weekends by appointment French lawyer in Toronto
Legal services in French Avocat Francais Notaire Francais Pays francophones Consulat de belgique