My deed needs to be updated to reflect my last name due to marriage in my revocable trust. ANSWER BY MARGARET CROSS-BELIVEAU: Your name change does not affect the ownership rights. At the time of the sale or transfer out of your revocable trust, the new deed with state your new name and your former name. Follow us on Facebook Follow us on LinkedIn Legal Disclaimer: Please note that this answer does not constitute legal advice,
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: My mom passed away. She left me a condominium. I’m receiving SSDI. Do I have to pay real estate tax on the property I inherited? ANSWER BY MARGARET CROSS-BELIVEAU: You can check with the town assessor’s office to see if you qualify for an exemption. Generally, those are granted to people who are living in the property as a home. The exemptions vary from town to town. Follow us on Facebook Follow us on
My Step-Dad passed away, and he was still living with my Mom . They lived together for 40+ years. About their 35th year, the did a fast marriage thru a Magistrate judge, and afterwards, they divorced, mom and Dad both told me it was because of how much the Ins. Premium went up in cost, it’s tripled. They were given advice to divorce, and go back to how they were doing things, and they did an
Asked in Massachusetts Does the fact that my daughter is on the deed make it easier for her to sell the property when I die? ANSWER BY MARGARET CROSS-BELIVEAU: Yes, adding a child onto a deed will avoid having the asset go through probate. However, it does comes with risks. What if your daughter predeceases your? Do you want it to pass to her surviving spouse or held for her children or another of your family?
Asked from Boston, Massachusetts: Dad died in 2020, mom was not on the mortgage or deed. Dad did not have a will, or look over this information before passing. We went to a lawyer asking to be added to the deed, so my mom could sell the house. (She’s been paying the mortgage for almost 3 years now, but can’t afford to keep doing it for another 2) Instead of putting her on the deed he
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: My mom passed away with no will and the deed to her house in Massachusetts should be split three ways between my brother my sister and I but my sister passed away in 2016 her husband remarried in 2017 they have one child who is 40. Who will get her portion her ex-husband or their son? ANSWER BY MARGARET CROSS-BELIVEAU: A divorce severs all inheritance rights between a couple. From your question, you may
Group Chats, Emoticons, and Breach of Contract: When Does a Text Message Become a Contract? New Technologies, Established Obligations New media and technology have transformed the way we do business as compared not only to twenty years ago, but even as compared to ten or five years ago. Emails, social media posts, and even text messages were important tools for marketing and negotiating before the COVID-19 pandemic upended the ways in which we conduct business. Now,
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: I am a single mother. My son’s father hasn’t been in his life since he was 4 months old (he will be 6 y/o in 2 weeks). I have no idea where he is, he does not pay child support, and we were never married. If something were to ever happen to me, I would want guardianship of my son to go to the person of my choosing (either my brother or cousin). My
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: To begin I am a trustee to a irrevocable trust, which the grantor set up to transfer a couple of homes he owns. Now the trust says the trustee can buy and add property to the same trust for the benefit of the grantor. The trust grantor has come across a dirt cheap small business for sale (due to covid-19) which the grantor thinks would be a great investment opportunity, so he would like
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: I am 68. I built a home in Fl. in 2005 where I intended to reside with my son & his wife for the remainder of my life. Shortly after the home was completed, the relationship between myself & my daughter-in-law devolved into an untenable situation. I reluctantly moved out of the home in 2007 to live with my niece due to the stress/anxiety I was being subjected to. Since then, I have lived
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