After discussing disinheritance in our April blog series and divorce in our May blog series, in June we will focus on the natural step after divorce: blended families. Specifically, our June blog series will examine the importance of planning for …
To wrap up our series on the impact of divorce on estate planning and probate litigation and to dovetail on Tiffany Bentley’s post discussing a former spouse’s death after divorce, this blog changes the timeline: death during a divorce. Divorce …
We previously discussed how Massachusetts protects a surviving spouse from disinheritance through a statutory elective share of the Estate. But what if a surviving spouse’s statutory elective share is very small due to the family composition? There are a few …
As a follow-up to Tiffany’s blog on the basics of undue influence, this blog focuses on a subset of undue influence cases involving a fiduciary relationship. What is a fiduciary relationship and why is it important? The clear fiduciary …
This is a special post to address the impact of COVID-19 on our Courts, with a specific eye on probate litigation cases. The Supreme Judicial Court, the Probate and Family Courts, and the Superior Courts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts …
There are three trial courts in Massachusetts that have jurisdiction to hear probate or trust litigation cases: the Probate and Family Court, the Fiduciary Litigation Session of the Probate and Family Court, and the Superior Court.
Probate and Family Court…
In prior blogs, we discussed 
What exactly is “probate litigation” you ask? “Probate litigation” are legal disputes arising out of incapacity (young and old), disability, and death. As a follow-up to my