My daughter and her boyfriend plan to buy a home with a 20% down payment provided by me. Should I have my name on the deed?

You really need to sit down with a good local real estate attorney, because much more information is needed here before your question can be...

Please accept my condolences for your loss. Just to add to the points of the others.... if your sister died owning her own home outright, you...

My Mom is in the ICU at New England Baptist Hospital. She has a living will at her house; my Dad wont give me the document?

Just to add to my friend Attorney Gorenberg's excellent points .... if your mother is incapacitated and doesn't have a health care proxy, you will...

My 12 tr old child stole our credit cards and made 5,000.00 worth of purchases on my paypal account ,am i consisered liable?

Under M.G.L. c. 231, sec. 85G, you are liable for theft committed by your minor child up to a maximum amount of $5,000. So yes, you're on the hook,...

S it legal in MA for same law firm to foreclose on the house and then perform an auction for the same house?

What Mr. Maxwell said -- upon foreclosure, the lender has legal possession of the property and the right to sell at auction. It's very common for...

I was sole beneficiary of a friend's CD when he passed. Can a claim be filed against me for receiving the funds?

The only way that you would not have a right to those funds is if the heir can prove in court that you were added to the account as a result of...

Neighbor has a cat of horrors house of hundreds of dead cats and feces they no longer live in the house but it stinks up the who

Have you contacted the Board of Health for your town? That is usually the first step. If that doesn't work, you need to hire an attorney to...

How can I stop my elderly mother's house from getting sold?

You and your siblings need to step up and take some action. First, contact the Elder Protective Services agency for the town where your mother...

Trustee breaking the rules of the trust.

I'm surprised that there hasn't been a tax sale already!! This sounds like a clear breach of fiduciary duty. You should VERY seriously...

Do you waive attorney client privlidge when you use materials i.e. emails exchanged between you and a former attorney?

The client always holds the privilege. If you chose to enter communications between you and your former lawyer into evidence, then you've waived...