What documents are required in Massachusetts to move properties under sole trustee in a living trust?

Just to follow up on Attorney Snell's note about estate tax -- Massachusetts requires filing an estate tax return on estates worth in excess of $1...

What is a grantor on a deed?

If what you're saying is accurate, this strikes me as an issue that an attorney could resolve fairly easily in a cost-effective way. The attorney...

How do I get a personal injury case postponed in Ann Arundel Court in Maryland? I need to get representation from an atttorney

Repost your question -- where you're asked where you live, put in the name of the community where the courthouse is located. You'll get responses...

Relating to Elder Law, how can we save some of our mother's money so that a nursing home or the state does not take it all?

I can't tell you what is the "best way" to preserve your mother's assets -- or even if they can be preserved at all -- because the answer depends...

"I am constantly being verbally and emotionally abused in my household. I do not want to live with my parents, I want to live wi

Your question got cut off, but I got the sense that there is someone else with whom you'd rather live. If that person is an adult, she could file a...

Granparents rights

What are your son's desires in all this? No adoption can happen unless he either agrees to the procedure or the Court finds that it would be in the...

If my name is on the property deed with my father, Can siblings protest ownership of property after death

Your siblings could always say that you conned your father into putting your name on the deed through either fraud or undue influence. However,...

When you are deeded a house with a life estate and you sell the home after the after the owner has died do you pay capital gains

When you sell a life estate, that you calculate the capital gains based on the difference between the value of the property as of the date of death...

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How to retain full custody of my 3 year old son, when theres been a substance abuse problem

You posted on this issue a few days ago. While I know that this is very painful for you and your child, the answer remains the same -- until you...

I was wondering can someone put me on child support even if someone else's name is on the child's birth certificate and they cam

Only a judge can order that you pay child support. Your ex can take you to court, but you would then have a right to request DNA testing. As...