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We recently handled a matter involving a variety of claims pertaining to special needs trusts and a guardianship established for the benefit of an individual who became incapacitated after a tragic car accident. The Court was presented with a myriad of issues stemming from the conduct of the trustee and professional guardian and her controversial […]
On March 20, 2017 an interesting and as yet unpublished decanting ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court arose in the context of the divorce of Paul Ferri and Nancy Powell-Ferri pending before the Connecticut courts stating that not only could trustees of a trust under attack from a dissident spouse decant into a new […]
It has been a year since , the artist formerly known as Prince, died in his Minnesota compound. Despite his reported business acumen and reputation as a “control freak,” he left no will to govern the disposition of his estate (valued in excess of $200 million). This means the Court will have to decide who […]
Although not always a good idea, it is not uncommon for family members to loan each other money, or for other circumstances to arise in which one family member owes money to another. When the person to whom the debt is owed dies, that debt becomes an asset of the estate, and generally still must […]
