Lawyer delaying handing out checks to trust beneficiaries, after requesting an accounting, saying it will take weeks.

I agree with Attorney Cooper. I just want to add that I routinely advise beneficiaries to plan on filing extensions because if the trust holds...

Transferring home from parents to child

Before your parents do anything, please make sure they meet with an elder law attorney. This transfer will disqualify them from long-term care...

Sold my parents house 16 months ago. Both are in Long Term Care facility. Medicaid wants money from house, was life estate. Help

MassHealth calculates the value of the life estate based on tables issued by the IRS. Without getting too deep into the weeds of how the tables...

No. If he were to sue you, he'd be committing a violation of ethical rules.

Can the State of MA require that gifted money be returned when an elder person receives MEDICAID ?

When a MassHealth application is filed, the caseworker will look at all transactions in excess of $1,000. If those transactions involve payments to...

You may wish to file a Petition to demand an Inventory and an Account for the probate assets. This form is available on the Probate Court web site....

And just how many Purchase and Sale Agreements have you drafted and negotiated? Are you aware of all the innocent-looking bits of language that...

Once you file for Mass Health for an elderly parent in a long term nursing facility, can you add funds to a pooled trust?

You don't want to apply for coverage until AFTER your parent's countable assets are below $2,000. So you need to fully fund the pooled trust...

My ex-wife needs a $48,000 personal loan to pay her 50% of a private Sallie Mae loan in my name.

She needs to sit down with a bank or a lender. If she owns her own home, she could talk to a banker about a home equity line of credit.

Contact Neighborhood Legal Services -- there's an office in Lawrence. (978) 686-6900