Wills

If you're thinking of simply leaving your possessions to your children, one thing to consider is the way current trends are going around the time you'll pass those items on. They could have a huge impact on whether or not the kids actually want the stuff you've...

You're still young, and you don't anticipate using a will for decades. You're not even married yet, and you're still in college. Do you actually need a will? When you decide to draft a will is up to you, but it's not wise to assume they're only needed by the elderly....

You have an idea of what you want your funeral to be like. Maybe it's just a general overall structure, or maybe you have the specifics planned out right down to who should speak and what time of the day the funeral should take place. Either way, you may be...

A pour-over will is something you may want to use if you're going to use a living trust. It helps to move your assets when you pass away so that your wishes are followed. Essentially, the pour-over will takes any assets that you did not move to the trust while you...

Being cut out of a will can happen for a variety of reasons, and every situation is different. A parent may be unhappy with a child's life choices or may simply have fallen out of touch with that child. As varied as family life is from one family to the next, so are...

As you create your will, you have a lot to think about. You need to consider all of your children, their children, your spouse, and exactly what you want to have done with major assets like the family home. As you do all of this, should you spend some time considering...

Your estate plan is something that you need to make sure is fully prepared when you pass away. This doesn't mean that you can wait until you are at the end of the road to get things together. Instead, today is the best day to get your estate plan moving forward. We...

Everyone needs to have a will drawn up, regardless of the size of their estate. However, every day Massachusetts residents die without wills, or intestate, which is the legal term when this occurs. So what happens to the property of a resident of the Commonwealth who...

One of the biggest misconceptions about estate planning is that unless you have children or other heirs, you don't need to worry about your estate. But even if your estate is relatively modest, consisting only of personal items and a couple bank accounts, you still...

From the mistaken belief that estate planning is reserved for the very wealthy to general unease over the prospect of addressing the topic of death, there are multiple reasons why people choose to forgo the advantages of creating a comprehensive estate plan or even...