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Legal News: GAL order is amended (Lawyers Weekly June 8, 2020

The Probate & Family Court has adopted a newly amended version of Standing Order #-20, Guardian ad litem Evaluations, Investigations, and Reports in the Probate and Family Court in light of COVID-19 Emergency. The order as amended June 1...

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Legal News: Make Your Will Now....it can be done virtually...

Call the office today @ 508-660-0331. Alex can help you with your Will. Scores of people have flocked to have their estate planning documents and wills created and updated. According to some statistics, an estimated 52% of people ages 55 and up...

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Office News: A New Tool for Stealing: CORONAVIRUS

Scam atists are using the pandemic to target older Americans' money. AARP Bulletin May 2020 edition We can expect fraud schemes to proliferate as long as the virus does, and to mutate into new forms. So, follow a few basic rules: 1) Watch out...

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Office News: A BETTER TOMORROW (Reactions to COVID-19 - USE THEM TO INSPIRE CHANGE)

1) If you feel panicked, plan something for the future, which increases optimism, says psychiatrist Robert L. Trestman of Virginia Tech Carillion School of Medicine. 2) If you get sucked into a daily spiral of bad news, then seek out and share the...

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Legal News: What is a Letter of Competency?

If you or your loved one has received the news that you are suffering from dementia or other problem that impacts mental capacity, it can be devastating. However, this can also complicate the legal planning that a senior may need to do. You’ve...

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Office News: How's your credit score during the pandemic?

How To Protect Your Credit Score During The Coronavirus Pandemic Taking advantage of financial aid isn't supposed to hurt your credit, but some people are being dinged. Protecting credit during the crisis. By Consumer Reports, News...

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Legal Law: Pandemic has Elder Law Attorneys on speed-dial

Lawyers Weekly (April 13, 2020) The coronavirus outbreak has elder law attorneys working overtime to help clients navigate issues ranging from the mundane updating of a will to the relocation of a loved one barred from returning to the nursing home...

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Legal News: Parent and Child: Guardianship - Termination - Jurisdiction

Lawyers Weekly (April 27, 2020) This Week's Decisions: Where a Probate & Family Court judge, having appointed permanent guardians over three minor children, declined to exercise jurisdiction over petitions to remove those guardians, the...

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The Office News: The "New Normal"

New Etiquette Rules in a COVID-19 World Here's how the pandemic has changed our manners — maybe for good by Sarah Elizabeth Adler, AARP, May 15, 2020  A firm handshake, a kiss on the cheek, the clink of glasses at a dinnertime...

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Legal News: 5 Things you need to know about Annuities

5 Things You Should Know About Annuities Income for life is nice, but it comes at a price by Kim Lankford, AARP, May 21, 2020  1. They're simple — and complicated. 3. You need to know what you want. Income annuities...

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