When does a trustee have to give those who are named in the Trust a copy of the Trust?

If the trust was a testamentary trust (written directly into her will), then the will containing the trust will be on file with the Probate and...

Trustee:

Spendthrift trusts are a broad category that can cover many different situations based on how they are written. The most basic spendthrift trusts...

Trustee

Whatever you may be thinking, attorneys hold each other to high ethical standards and know that we're not perfect, so I don't think anyone will be...

Trustee

Absolutely. As applied to the law of trusts generally, a person can be both a trustee and a beneficiary of the trust, thought in many cases it is...

Probate court

Whether or not the trust document is missing, if the trust has existed, you were a beneficiary, and the probate court did not play a role in...

A trustee may always be removed by petitioning the Probate and Family Court if a judge determines the trustee has committed breaches of fiduciary...

I have an 85 year old mother who has her brother as her power of attorney. I want to take that away from him and have been

Petitioning for a conservatorship is one of the ways of going about this. Because powers of attorney tend to convey very broad powers without...

If my Mom purchases a new home and wills it to me, if anything happened to her would I have to refinance in my name?

What Atty. Smith has said is fully accurate under the terms of a standard will, because Massachusetts law assumes you will inherit the property...

After a a family trust is terminated (due to death), how soon must trustees move too carry out obligations of trust

Even if I had the trust in hand it would be impossible to give a specific timeframe in weeks or months that could be truly accurate, but suffice it...

Trust

Federal TINs are issues in perpetuity - once they are issued, they are always associated with the recipient; they are never issued to anyone else. ...