HADLEY, MA — Today, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued an opinion that may cause married couples to rethink their long term care planning and cause those who don’t have a plan at all to act. The opinion sorted a dispute between a deceased spouse’s estate and the government agency charged with overseeing Massachusetts MedicaidContinue reading “Medicaid ruling could cause married couples to rethink their long term care plan”
Challenge to Personal Representative Appointment Denied despite MUPC
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rejected a son’s challenge to his father’s personal representative appointment, holding that he didn’t have standing to launch such a challenge, despite apparently being an “interested person” under Massachusetts law. In this case, a decedent left a Will appointing his wife (who was not the mother of the decedent’s son)Continue reading “Challenge to Personal Representative Appointment Denied despite MUPC”
Keeping the family house in the family
How to handle the family home is often a top consideration when engaging in estate planning. The house often the most financially valuable asset in an estate to the IRS and the most emotionally valuable asset to families. Keeping the family home in the family by passing it onto one or more children upon deathContinue reading “Keeping the family house in the family”