Overview

Caroline G.S. Kiva is Associate Counsel at Fillmore Riley LLP in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her practice focuses on estate and succession planning. She helps clients preserve family assets and create tax-effective estate plans that support the smooth transition of wealth. She also advises on trust planning, estate administration, and the transfer of assets to beneficiaries. Her official profile records service on the boards and committees of the St. Boniface Hospital Foundation and the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba, and current board service with the Jewish National Fund of Manitoba and Saskatchewan and the Manitoba Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre. She frequently presents to investment advisors, bankers, lawyers, and other groups about estate and wealth management planning, including as a volunteer presenter for the Winnipeg Foundation's annual Will Week. Her profile lists recognition in Best Lawyers in Canada for Trusts and Estates and a 2015 Wills & Estates Section Activity Award. She co-authored Drafting Wills in Canada: A Lawyer's Practical Guide, 3rd Edition, and has presented on cottage succession, will drafting, powers of attorney, testamentary trusts, and taxation of trusts and estates.

Practice Areas

• Estate and Succession Planning
• Trust Planning
• Estate Administration

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2000 (MB); 2005 (SK); 2016 (ON)