Your life savings and estate won’t be useful to you after your death, but they will be to your family. You can ensure a comfortable and secure life for your loved ones by setting up a trust that will distribute your estate among them when you are gone. With a trust,...
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Estate Administration & Probate
What kind of assets are subject to the probate process?
Let us say that you only have a couple of years left before retirement. Your children are out on their own, and your spouse is already making post-retirement vacation plans.You should be happy, but you feel unsettled. Perhaps the time has come to prepare your will and...
What you should know about beneficiaries
It is completely natural to worry about what will become of your assets after you are gone. You spent your whole life working and saving so that you and your descendants could enjoy the fruits of that labor. You have every right to ensure it passes into the right...
What does intestacy mean?
Whether you are having difficulty deciding which type of trust will serve your needs best or you have uncertainty about naming beneficiaries, the estate planning process can be complex. Moreover, there are certain key terms, such as intestacy, you may not be familiar...
Handling an estate-related family dispute
Disputes involving estates take many forms, from accusations of a breach of fiduciary duties to will contests which claim that a will is not valid. Curley Law Firm knows the many ways in which these disputes can affect those involved and create lasting pain and...
What is intestacy?
When Massachusetts families are faced with the passing of a loved one, you'll soon discover that there's an entire world of complex legalities behind it. Even when dealing with the emotional traumas of a death, these issues will still need to be tended to.One...
Types of estate plans: part 2
In the first part of this series, we explored intestacy and wills. Today, we will delve deeper into what Massachusetts estate planners should know about trusts.Trusts hold and distribute or maintain assets for beneficiaries. A trust is administered by a designated...
Types of estate plans: part 1
At Curley Law Firm, L.L.P., we have answered many clients' questions about Massachusetts estate law. One of the most fundamental questions that all of our clients face is which type of estate plan is right for their needs.In this two-part series we will...
Elements of an inventory estate
After someone in Massachusetts dies, the administrator of the estate has a number of duties to perform. One of these, according to The General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is to prepare an inventory of everything the decedent owned at the time of his or...
Many Americans have debt at the time of their death
Assets aren’t the only things that can be in a person’s estate when they die. Debt can also be present. Recent statistics point to dying with debt being fairly common here in the United States.The statistics are based on a database containing data on some...