Most taxpayers understand that to receive the benefit of charitable deductions, they need to itemize... [Read more...]
Practical Lessons in Drafting
Individuals who undertake Estate Planning want to ensure that their plan works the way it’s... [Read more...]
Conservation Easements Can Be a Good Solution
Often, a client wants to keep land in the family. Sometimes they want to discourage... [Read more...]
Donor Advised Funds: Too Good to Be True?
There’s a way to make a charitable gift and yet be able to influence where... [Read more...]
Changing “Irrevocable” Trusts Through Decanting
Irrevocable Trusts are often included as part of a comprehensive estate plan and are usually... [Read more...]
Contesting a Deathbed Will in Massachusetts
A common motivation for creating an estate plan is so that loved ones aren’t faced... [Read more...]
Can I Prevent a Challenge to My Will?
A primary motivation for creating a Last Will and Testament is to ensure that estate... [Read more...]
Common Elder Law Questions Answered
At some point in your life, you will likely need to rely on an elder... [Read more...]
Using a Living Trust to Stagger the Inheritance You Pass Down
Like many people, you probably created an estate plan to ensure that your assets are... [Read more...]
How Using Specific Bequests Could Cost Beneficiaries their Inheritance
Parents often decide to leave one child a specific asset and provide an equalizing cash... [Read more...]
The Importance of Insuring Real Estate
Transferring real estate to a trust has become a widely used tool in estate planning. Unfortunately,... [Read more...]
Is It Too Late to Save My Assets If I Need to Qualify for Medicaid?
If you have never needed to rely on Medicaid to cover your health care expenses,... [Read more...]
