If it was only in her name it's not automatic. If she had a will, the real estate would pass according to the terms of the will. If she had no...

It's always worth fighting traffic tickets in MA! At the magistrate's hearing, the officer who wrote the ticket doesn't have to be there and the...

In criminal cases, the Appeals Court grants motions to late-file the notice of appeal with some frequency, particularly in cases where the...

I partly agree and partly disagree with the other attorneys. The idea here is that if a relationship ends because one person has abused the...

If you are signing the original trust document -- i.e. you are the grantor creating the ABC trust, you would sign as yourself, just as you would...

It counts day for day (including the date of arrest, which people often forget) against both numbers. In your example, 3 years is when the...

If he doesn't sign an assent, the court will order him to be served with notice by a particular date. If you file formal probate petition without...

I agree with Attorney Zisko that it's pretty unusual to keep owning real estate together after divorce. In my experience I have seen divorce...

I'm so sorry for the loss of your father and your troubles with the system. Unfortunately the probate courts in Massachusetts were badly...

The courts were badly backlogged before the pandemic, which has only made matters worse. 6-12 months to get a case to trial would have been common...