Massachusetts inheritance question

As the other attorneys noted, you do need to pay rent to the estate at 3/4ths of fair market value effective the date of death. If you do not have...

Given your age and the very important rights that are at stake for you, I think you should strongly consider having at least one parent there as...

What if the executrix of a will passes before the will is settled, is her spouse eligible for any of the proceeds.

You need to separate the roles of the executor of an estate and a beneficiary or heir of it. If your sister survived your mother without the...

What do I need to do, if I get ssi, & am going to get money from my mothers estate?

Sit down with an elder law attorney and review your options. The answer to your question will depend on your current and anticipated medical and...

Can I be forbid to return home by my wife and her mother?

Does she have the right to kick you out? Not without a restraining order. Could she go to court and get one? She can try. If she does, you will...

If you're over 18, get a post office box and use that as your mailing address.

Would I as the biological mother, been notified if my child's second cousins were granted adoption?

Check with the Probate Court and/or the Juvenile Court. The guardianship and adoption (if any) would have occurred in one of those courts.

I live in Atlanta Georgia and am about to inherit appropriately 33K from my mothers estate. She lived in Mass. Is this taxable?

It depends on the value of the gift and the nature of the inheritance. First, an estate tax return must be filed on all estates which have a...

The voluntary administration law does not allow you to file suits on behalf of the decedent or the estate. Informal probate would allow you to act...

Can a Catholic school send a kid home because she is not wearing a skirt for Mass?

It's a private religious school. They have an absolute right to set a dress code and an absolute right to enforce a penalty for not following it as...