End of life issues for person sans family or other willing parties

I have worked with other "all alone" clients. During the counseling process, we have been able to find connections for a person who felt they had...

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Does a wife have the ability to overrule a Living Will? Does she have that ability?

The question is, who is to make the decision? We each have the right, as adults, to make our own health care decisions. By signing a living will,...

Can a notarized Will be changed without the notifying the party that is to inherit the estate?

A will is not a "last will and testament" until there can never be another one. In other words, your will is not your will until you are dead. At...

What you have is a remainder interest. Your mother deeded the property to you and kept the life estate. Usually the person holding the life...

It depends on what you might need the paperwork to prove. If everything has been distributed, and there is no dispute among the heirs, I would say...

Can I sell property as an executor?

You need to finish your job as executor. If the property is in Massachusetts, the heirs own it, subject to the right of the executor to sell it to...

Like several of my colleagues, I would suggest that your mother consult an elder law attorney. The benefits of doing so include: getting a clearer...

If my Mom purchases a new home and wills it to me, if anything happened to her would I have to refinance in my name?

The mortgage would not immediately become due on your Mother's death. You could continue to make the payments. However it is usually advisable to...

Re: Self-settled [(d)(4)(a)] special-needs trust

The reason that people establish these (d)(4)(a) trusts is in order to qualify for government benefits that would not otherwise be available...

Re: Self-settled [(d)(4)(a)] special-needs trust

The reason that people establish these (d)(4)(a) trusts is in order to qualify for government benefits that would not otherwise be available...