Last night, while I attended a financial meeting (wearing masks and being socially distant) I was speaking to a woman next to me and we were talking about today's environment, etc. I casually asked her if she had a will. She looked at me a little...
Last night, while I attended a financial meeting (wearing masks and being socially distant) I was speaking to a woman next to me and we were talking about today's environment, etc. I casually asked her if she had a will. She looked at me a little...
HOW CAN I PROTECT MY CHILDREN'S INHERITANCES? The best way to protect your children's inheritances is by setting up a Revocable Living Trust and having your children receive their inheritance within a sub-trust of your Revocable...
Had a very satisfied client in the office recently who exulted over the fact that we had been able to draft a will, power of attorney and other documents in a simple, non-legalese way that he could understand; not be mystified by legal jargon, and...
Copied from Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly (This Week's Decisions) 12/14/2020 Where a judge granted a defendant's request for a declaration that, upon his remarriage, he had no further obligation under a surviving separation agreement to...
When mental incapacity arises, attention is often directed to the asset management problems, but equal and sometimes greater problems related to health care decisions are also presented. Perhaps too much attention had been placed on the ultimate...
Masss Lawyer's Weekly, "This Week's Decisions" (12/14/2020) Where a Judge reduced a father's weekly child support payment from $550 to $180, the judge's decision must be vacated because the father failed to meet his burden...
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...
Lawyer's Weekly Newspaper (September 7, 2020) Where a husband has appealed from a judgment of divorce nisi entered by a judge of the Probate & Family Court, the portion of the divorce judgment concerning the treatment of the wife's...
The recent headlines of accident and tragedy speak a sober truth. Death happens often when we least expect it. The tree collapses on the car, the limo ride goes awry, the pedestrian gets hit by the text-impaired driver. We don't know when...
Taken from Mass Lawyer's Weekly Newspaper (Feb 8, 2021) Where a judge denied an ex parte application for an abuse prevention order, a remand should be ordered so that an evidentiary hearing may be held. "The plaintiff appeals from the order...