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Does Massachusetts Allow Husband and Wife to Have a Joint Will?
No, in Massachusetts you can not have a joint will with your spouse. You and your spouse each need to make separate wills regardless if you own all of your property jointly. When one dies, the property will pass to the survivor and the survivor will become the sole owner of the property. Because of this and the fact that there is…
What happens if divorced parents disagree on a guardian for their child?
Usually when the first parent passes away, that parent will not have a say in who will be in charge of raising the child. In most cases, the surviving parent will take custody. Exceptions to this would be if the parent has a history of abuse, if the parent doesn’t want custody of the child, or if the parent is in prison. …
Durable Power of Attorney vs. Springing Power of Attorney
A power of attorney (POA) in general is a legal document that allows someone else to speak and act on your behalf. You give a power of attorney to someone who is then called an attorney-in-fact (as oppose to an attorney-at-law who are lawyers). The uses of a POA are many. Some people give POAs to their lawyers so that they do…
Divorce and Inherited Assets
“What’s going to happen to our stuff?” Understandably, that’s one of the first questions we field from new family law clients. Property is important, valuable, and sentimental — and one of our major goals in every case we handle is protecting the property interests of the people we serve. Inheritance is a rather tricky issue in divorce because the Massachusetts courts aren’t…
Child Custody Arrangements in Massachusetts
As difficult as divorce can be on the spouses themselves, arranging child custody often becomes the hardest part. When a marriage dissolves, one of the main concerns is about how the children will be affected — not only emotionally but also how they’ll develop when traveling back and forth between separate homes. Nothing is more important to a parent than the health, welfare,…
