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Understanding Your Elder Law & Estate Planning Options
Boston Elder Law Blog
Estate planning to avoid family conflict
For many people, estate planning is a frightening endeavor. It involves thinking about your own declining health and death, as well as how your family is going to move on without you. Even those who create an estate plan may not realize the real world implications of...
Things to consider before disinheriting a child
Let's say that, for one reason or another, you are not as close to one of your children as the others. Perhaps your current relationship is strained, or you have no relationship at all. Things may have gotten to the point that you are thinking about leaving your adult...
A letter of instruction can give your estate plan context
Thinking about death is hard. Most people avoid it as much as possible. Yet, it's a necessary contemplation if you want to engage in estate planning. While this process is certainly about figuring out how you want your assets to be dispersed upon your passing, there's...
How to split an inheritance between multiple heirs
When drafting their wills, parents must consider how to divide their inheritance among their children. Every family is different, so every will is different as well, leading to many different inheritance situations. The last thing any family wants is heirs disputing a...
Understanding the types of probate can simplify the process
After someone dies, there are many issues survivors must manage. Many are emotional and they can be stressful. The probate process is often one of the most challenging issues. Probate is a court-supervised settlement of an estate. Not all assets or estates go through...
You discover you are a beneficiary to a will: Now what do you do?
While mourning the loss of a loved one, you are bequeathed money in a will.  How do you go about getting it? It might be trickier than simply asking for it. Below are a few details you need to keep in mind while starting the process of collecting this money awarded to...
Is it time to change your will?
If it's been several years since you created your estate plan, it may be time to make some changes. Things may be different in your life now, and your priorities may not be the same as when you wrote your will five, 10 or 20 years ago. For example, if you have gotten...
How do conservatorships work?
When a person is having trouble in administering his or her property and assets, it is normal for the court to set up a conservator. Typically, what a conservator does is that he or she has the legal responsibility to manage another person’s affairs, which can be...
Are conservatorships and guardianships the same?
Have you ever heard the terms conservatorship and guardianship? You may have heard these terms before, or you could be hearing them for the first time as you begin your estate planning process. While these items may seem similar, they are very different and...
What to consider when making a will
For some, writing a will can be a daunting yet necessary task and can lead to several unanswered questions. A person might be unfamiliar with where to begin and also, what to include in the will and how the process will evolve over time. All of these are important...
