I live in BC. My recently deceased husband’s oldest son and his wife who live in Ontario, have owed us lots of money and

Hello, thank you for the question.

When did you last have communication with them about the debt?

I'm here. Good morning.

So it's in the past few months that you have communicated with them about this debt? Did they acknowledge that they owed it?

If you have proof of what you gave them, and their acknowledgement that this is a debt owed to you, and they acknowledged the debt or made a payment in recent months, then you can take it to Small Claims Court.

It should be done in the jurisdiction where they live. That will make enforcing it a lot easier. You'll need a paralegal or someone to do it for you, but for that amount of debt I think it's worth it.

You can find lawyers and paralegals on the website of the Law Society of Ontario at its lawyer referral service.

Is there more to discuss about this topic?

Yes, but they can't be your lawyer in court without the court's permission.

I'm glad that I could help!

Thank you for the question and thank you for using JustAnswer.

Good luck and stay safe.

Ulysses

I didn't write the TS, sorry. I'm not a site employee. I'm a lawyer working in Canada from home in my spare time.

I have. It's really something.

Then again, the site isn't a law firm. It's here to make money, and that's it. I just like helping people and earning a few dollars in my spare time.

I do.

We're communicating through the site. Whatever number you have there, it's to San Francisco.

I'll be here when you come back. Start a thread with Dear Ulysses and it will be left for my attention.

I'm off to bed. Good night!

Thanks for the question. I'm closing the thread in the morning, no need to reply unless there's more to discus on the topic. In fact if you do reply then I have to write back too or else the thread stays on my Open list. I always get the last word.

I have to get the last word.

Nice pic! But I still have to get the last word.

Last word.

Word.