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This looks like a question of Property division versus Pension benefits in pay status/alimony issue and you should seek the advise of counsel...

Am legally divorced with shared legal custody. However my child's principal has been calling my ex and talk about me.

If the child is upset by the comments made by school personnel, you should document them in an inquiry calmly made preferably in writing sharing...

My x-husband has admitted in front of a probate judge that he is secretly taping his telephone conversations with his son.

This would be a criminal matter and you should contact a criminal attorney and police. I'm sure a probate and family court judge would be dismayed...

My mother died in MA, naming my father executor. He is 99 and has dementia. I'm named alternate. Can I do informal probate?

You should definitely contact counsel to go over the documents you received from the insurance company. Often there can be confusing requests on...

Can an Estate be settled/closed if an heir still owes money to the deceased?

The facts as they play out will be important. The Estate will be responsible for the equity loan payoff at closing and the note executed by the...

My father has the beginnings of dementia and I want to know how to take control of his affairs, finances, have assets in my nam

Usually you would have been given bank account access and control through the Durable Power of Attorney, so you can go to the banks in question...

At the time of my divorce in 2007, my decree stated that we would revisit alimony in the future if needed.

It seems that you were recently in Court on a Modification-presumably of child support, and would have filed a Financial statement then as former...

My mother died in 2005. At the time of her death, she was single. She purchased a single family house in 1980.

You have a Petition to Partition matter if the property is in Massachusetts. and there's an argument that your brother ousted you and your sister...

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Ex-spouse coverage(Partially self-funded) health insurance company change plan

ERISA us a federal statute and pre-empts state law , so the disposition of the First Circuit case should be awaited.

209A order says no contact with plaintiff however states contact is permitted by the parties to extent of prior probate order

You must be very careful to not be accused of violating the restraining order. Hopeully the Probate Court Order was attached to the restraining...