The responsibilities of an executor (or administrator) can be overwhelming. They may include, but are not limited to the following tasks: Locating the decedent’s will and determining if it is the most recent version Gathering information on all assets and liabilities including associated documents Securing
Alabama Title 43 Chapter 2 Administration of EstatesTitle 43 Chapter 8 Probate Code Alaska Title 13 Decedents’ Estates, Guardianships, Transfers and TrustsTitle 13 Chapter 16 Probate of Wills and Administration Arizona Title 14 Trusts, Estates and Protective Proceedings Arkansas Title 28 Wills, Estates and Fiduciary
A trust is a legal arrangement through which one person (or an institution, such as a bank or law firm), called a “trustee,” holds legal title to property for another person, called a “beneficiary.” The rules or instructions under which the trustee operates are set
Some people may want to avoid probate because, during the probate process, information that one may want to keep private becomes public. The following are some approaches that may allow probate to be avoided, however, each may have unintended repercussions, consequently, involve a professional prior
It seems that most every day in my office is Memorial Day. Not the one where you dust off deck chairs, fill propane tanks and enjoy a hard earned day off, but the one for remembering the dead. As a probate lawyer in Massachusetts I
It seems that most every day in my office is Memorial Day. Not the one where you dust off deck chairs, fill propane tanks and enjoy a hard earned day off, but the one for remembering the dead. As a probate lawyer in Massachusetts I
The other day I was asked how I became and elder law lawyer that handles real estate and probate matters. I responded in the usual manner that my father was a trial lawyer and my mother a nurse at a Massachusetts nursing home and I
The point of probate is to establish the veracity of legal documents – your will is not your will until and unless it is presented to the public as a whole. This is done to prove whether it was signed the right way, you were
A few months back by barber because seriously ill. Since I get my haircut about once every 6 weeks or so, I happened to come to the barber shop at the beginning of the "bad news cycle" that the other barbers in the shop had
Practicing in the area of probate law in Massachusetts exposes me to so many good people. Well, most all of my clients and their families are good. It’s their relatives that cause all the problems. Over several years of practice I have developed a set
The responsibilities of an executor (or administrator) can be overwhelming. They may include, but are not limited to the following tasks: Locating the decedent’s will and determining if it is the most recent version Gathering information on all assets and liabilities including associated documents Securing
Alabama Title 43 Chapter 2 Administration of EstatesTitle 43 Chapter 8 Probate Code Alaska Title 13 Decedents’ Estates, Guardianships, Transfers and TrustsTitle 13 Chapter 16 Probate of Wills and Administration Arizona Title 14 Trusts, Estates and Protective Proceedings Arkansas Title 28 Wills, Estates and Fiduciary
A trust is a legal arrangement through which one person (or an institution, such as a bank or law firm), called a “trustee,” holds legal title to property for another person, called a “beneficiary.” The rules or instructions under which the trustee operates are set
Some people may want to avoid probate because, during the probate process, information that one may want to keep private becomes public. The following are some approaches that may allow probate to be avoided, however, each may have unintended repercussions, consequently, involve a professional prior
It seems that most every day in my office is Memorial Day. Not the one where you dust off deck chairs, fill propane tanks and enjoy a hard earned day off, but the one for remembering the dead. As a probate lawyer in Massachusetts I
It seems that most every day in my office is Memorial Day. Not the one where you dust off deck chairs, fill propane tanks and enjoy a hard earned day off, but the one for remembering the dead. As a probate lawyer in Massachusetts I
The other day I was asked how I became and elder law lawyer that handles real estate and probate matters. I responded in the usual manner that my father was a trial lawyer and my mother a nurse at a Massachusetts nursing home and I
The point of probate is to establish the veracity of legal documents – your will is not your will until and unless it is presented to the public as a whole. This is done to prove whether it was signed the right way, you were
A few months back by barber because seriously ill. Since I get my haircut about once every 6 weeks or so, I happened to come to the barber shop at the beginning of the "bad news cycle" that the other barbers in the shop had
Practicing in the area of probate law in Massachusetts exposes me to so many good people. Well, most all of my clients and their families are good. It’s their relatives that cause all the problems. Over several years of practice I have developed a set
