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Office News: Be Prepared and Get Organized...

The Office of Alexander F.X. Matulewicz, Esq. is ready to help you with all your probate issues. We find it helpful to advertise by word of mouth to our co-workers, friends and relatives how important it is to be prepared when the day comes and one...

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Legal News: Nobody Wants to be Sued (Continued from previous blog)

The previous blog spoke about the 5 requirements common to all 19 DAPT (domestic asset protection trust) states that the DAPT must follows: Those were the basics. From here there are a few additional provisions that vary from state to state and that...

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Legal News: Nobody Wants to be Sued

(News Briefs, Lawyer Weekly, 11/25/19) No one wants to be sued, and everyone would feel better if they knew their assets would be protected if they were sued. It is commonknowledge that we live in the most litigious country in the world. There are...

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Legal News: Wills and Trusts (Irrevocable Spendthrift Trust- Judgment Creditor)

(Lawyers Weekly dated 11/25/19) Where a plaintiff brought a reach and apply action against a Massachusetts spendthrift trust created by his parents' murderer to enfore an Arizona wrongful death judgement against the murderer's estate, a...

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Legal News:Trust Beneficiaries Sue (Breach of Fiduciary Duty)

In the Lawyers Weekly (11/25/19) under Verdicts & Settlements: Mimi Greenberg died in 1974 and was survived by her spouse, defendant Nathan Greenberg and their two adult children, plaintiffs Ruthanne Miller and Henry Greenberg. Mimi had executed...

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Legal News: 8 Life Events that require a change in your estate plans

Estate plans need to be updated periodically, especially by older adults. Frequently revising your estate plans is important as you age because your circumstances change ore frequently than at previous points in your life. While you and your estate...

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Legal News: Essential Document Locator Checklist for Adult Children

Adult children of aging parents are often caught without the essential documentation parents need in an emergency situation. Knowing where the official records are located as well as having copies of these important financial legal and health...

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Legal News: Parent and Child (Termination - Visitation)

Where a Juvenile Court judge terminated a mother's parental rights, the judge's visitation order must be vacated and a remand must be ordered, as the judge did not provide a rationale or specific findings to justify four supervised...

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Legal News: Domestic relations (Alimony - Cohabitation)

Where a Probate & Family Court judge is calculating the alimony awarded to a divorced woman, took into account a pre-marriage 6-year period from 2005 to 2011 during which the parties lived together, the fact that the wife received alimony during...

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Legal News: 5 Myths about senior nutrition

Everyone knows you need to think about what it takes to stay healthy. You need to exercise, and if you develop good eating habits too, you should be fine in your later years, right? Not so fast.... Here are 5 common beliefs about senior nutrition...

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