Changes should lead to change: Timely review of will and trust is critical
Your mom goes to an attorney and, after thoroughly analyzing her financial wealth, goals and family members, signs her will, ...
Lawmakers, DAs push for punishment of adults who abuse positions of trust
Massachusetts lawmakers are renewing an attempt to close a loophole in state law so that students don’t become the victims of ...
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When Hostilities Break Out Between Co-trustees, Where Does That Leave Trust Counsel?
When hostilities break out between individual co-trustees, incumbent trust counsel faces a representation conundrum. In §8.8 ...
Granting Superpowers to Commute a QTIP Trust
Although the QTIP trust can be beneficial, it can come at a significant tax cost. This is because the assets remaining in the ...
Boston’s Trust Act: What it is and how it works
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is scheduled to testify before Congress on Wednesday alongside other Democratic mayors from major sanctuary cities. Those cities, which do not cooperate with U.S. Immigration ...
Report on filing rules for bare trusts finds issues with both the law and the CRA
Office of the Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson says the filing requirements were too complex and the tax agency took too long to ...
Boston immigrants ask City Council to preserve, strengthen Trust Act
Immigrants and advocates asked Boston City Councilors on Monday to preserve and strengthen the Trust Act, the law that limits ...