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Massachusetts Expands Eligibility to Obtain a Restraining Order Beyond Physical Abuse

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Has your partner or a family member ever: - Isolated you from family or friends? - Controlled your access to food, medicine, money, transportation, or another basic needs? - Forbidden you from attending school or...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

And A Partridge In A Pear Tree: Navigating the Holidays As A Blended Family

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The holidays are a time of joy, celebration, and togetherness. However, for blended families, they can also bring unique challenges. With multiple households, extended families, and various traditions to consider, managing...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Navigating Divorce: The Importance of Financial and Appraisal Experts

Divorces are stressful and emotionally challenging. Amidst feelings of loss and uncertainty, there are practical matters that require careful attention, especially when it comes to financial assets. In addition to having a...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

LGBTQ+ Estate Planning: 5 Actions You Should Take Right Now

Gallup reports that 7.6% of U.S. adults currently identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or another sexual orientation other than heterosexual. While this figure represents a growing trend, individuals...more

Stange Law Firm, PC

What’s an answer to initial pleadings?

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When a divorce or family law case begins, one party files a petition or a motion. It could be a petition for dissolution of marriage, paternity, or a motion to modify. It could be a motion for contempt, an order of...more

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Tassel or Hassle: College Costs and Divorce

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If you are the parent of a high school senior, you’re keenly aware that it is not just leaf peeping season, but college application season. Early action and early decision applications for most colleges are due in October or...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Is Your Family’s Planning Actually Ready for an Unexpected Incapacity or Death? Stress Testing Your Estate Planning – Step 1

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Many families are confident that they have made the necessary preparations to transition their wealth, businesses, foundation and family office to the next generation ... someday, when the time is right. We know that some...more

Gray Reed

How to Haunt the IRS: Daugerdas v. Commissioner

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In a bench opinion dated September 27, 2024, the Tax Court sustained a Notice of Federal Tax Lien but not the proposed levy against Daugerdas, a convicted tax shelter promoter in home confinement in Illinois....more

Carey Olsen

Building bridges, not barriers: setting up Cayman trusts to minimise conflicts

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Despite best intentions, it is impossible to entirely negate the risk of conflict arising from a family trust. By their nature, trusts tend to span several decades and "futureproofing" them against societal changes,...more

Saul Ewing LLP

What If I Object to an Account Change That Now Does Not Reflect My Parent’s Intentions?

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Account changes by a loved one are often done in secret, and direct evidence of undue influence is rarely available. In cases where manipulation has led to changes in a beneficiary designation that have caused you harm, the...more

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Navigating Tax Changes in 2025: A Guide for Separating Couples

As the election approaches, discussions regarding tax modifications and changes to the tax law have increased. But before the election, the IRS has already announced some new IRS regulations which will begin in 2025. As...more

Charles E. Rounds, Jr. - Suffolk University...

When the centerpiece of a trustee’s defense in a breach-of-fiduciary-duty action is an empty file cabinet and a general lack of...

An incident of the trustee’s duty to be generally prudent, to account (or report) to beneficiaries, and to refrain from breaches of the duty of undivided loyalty, such as engaging in unauthorized self-dealing, is the...more

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Why Shannen Doherty's Divorce Made Headlines: Understanding Separation Agreements and Their Legal Impact Upon Death

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You may be surprised to learn that over 90% of divorce cases settle out of court, so why did the separation agreement (an agreement signed by divorcing parties) between Shannen Doherty and Kurt Iswarienko recently receive so...more

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Ontario Court of Appeal Clarifies Limitation Periods for Loans, Gifts, and Estate Claims

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The question of when a lawsuit can be commenced in Ontario seems pretty straightforward – in general, a plaintiff has two years from the date when the basis for a claim is (or should have been) discovered. It sounds simple...more

Fleurinord Law PLLC

Golden Divorce & Estate Planning: Why Updating Your Beneficiaries is Essential

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The term "gray divorce" is commonly used to describe later-life separations, but "golden divorce" might be a more fitting term, suggesting optimism and new beginnings. This concept reminds me of the beloved 1980s sitcom The...more

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I start this blog post with a confession. I am a collector. I collect all sorts of things, vintage wristwatches, fountain pens, 1940’s Hall refrigerator ware, vinyl records, and probably a few other things I can’t think of...more

Marshall Dennehey

Guardian Ad Litem Is Not Immune from Legal Malpractice Claim

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N.W.M. through J.M. v. Langenbach, --- A.3d --- (Pa. 2024), 2024 WL 2788173 (Pa. May 31, 2024) - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a guardian ad litem (GAL), an attorney appointed to represent the legal interests and...more

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Massachusetts Sick Leave Expanded to Include Pregnancy Loss and Other Reproductive Issues

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Effective November 21, Massachusetts employees will be permitted to use their sick time to “address the employee’s own physical and mental health needs, and those of their spouse, if the employee or the employee’s spouse...more

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Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of October 14-18, 2024

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Siples v. BR Exploration – Daubert, causation testimony, toxic exposure - Lozman v. Riviera Bch – eminent domain, comprehensive plan, ripeness - Hidroelectrica Santa Rita v....more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

“Nesting” During Divorce: Is Nesting Right for My Family?

“Nesting” is a custody arrangement where, rather than having children move between homes, the children stay in the family home and the parents move back and forth and alternate living there. While it may sound appealing,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Keeping the Family Harmony Playing Sweetly: Risk Avoidance for Owners of Family-Owned Companies

Business divorces take place in all types of private companies, including those owned and operated by family members. But families that are willing to engage in thoughtful planning can head off some of the internal conflicts...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Court Lets Another Teenager Refuse Reunification Therapy; Was This Another Case of Justice Delayed is Justice Denied?

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In 2021, I wrote on this blog about a case where a court delayed reunification therapy because a 12 year old child didn’t want to do it. To this day, this continues to be one of the most read posts on our blog, more than...more

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The Uniform Trust Code inadvertently puts a bullseye on the trustee’s doctrinally indispensable affirmative duty to furnish all...

Many of my prior JDSUPRA postings caution that codification of the law of trusts, such as the Uniform Trust Code (UTC), are only partial codifications. See the catalogue of my prior postings below. There is much prevailing...more

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Court Can’t Decide Mid-Trial Motions to Dismiss in DV Cases Based on Credibility

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Many domestic violence cases, particularly those dealing with allegations of harassment, or borderline cases that may or may not be what is called “domestic contretemps” come down to credibility determinations. Which party is...more

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How to Respond After Being Served in a Family Law Matter

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Your doorbell rings and you open the door only to find a process server or sheriff handing you court papers. You’ve been served. Though there may be many thoughts running through your mind in this moment, it is best to stay...more

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