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...

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...

I recently became my husband's caregiver. These tips will become so important. Please take some time to read them over. Remember: Just take it one step at a time. You can do it!! 1. Start the conversation The right time to talk about the...

Lawyers Weekly: January 11, 2021 This Week's Decisions: Where a Juvenile Court judge found a mother unfit to assume parental responsibility and issued a decree terminating her parental rights, the facts as found by the judge do not constitutue...

YES!! Any real change in your life setting, such as new baby, marriage, divorce, death in the family, and a sudden financial windfall, can be the reason for updating your will. The following are some of the reasons to update your will: People you...

Excerpts from Mass Lawyers Weekly (Jan 18, 2021) This Week's Decisions: Where a testator died 6 years after he changed his estate planning documents to leave everything to one of his three sons, the evidence was insufficient to rebut the...

Recently, my husband was hospitalized and then transferred to a nursing home for additional care. When I arrived at this new facility and asked if I could receive his current medication list so she asked me if I was his healthcare proxy. I indicated...