Probate & Trust Litigation

A resource for lawyers and the public in Massachusetts and New Hampshire for information on will contests, trust disputes, guardianships, conservatorships, elder exploitation, fiduciary duty claims, and other probate litigation disputes.


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Upcoming Presentation: Trust Decanting and Pretermitted Heirs

At the February 6 meeting of the Trust & Estates section of the NH Bar Association, Alyssa Graham Garrigan and I will be reprising our recent presentation at the 36th Annual Tax Forum of the NH CPA Society and the NH Bar Association on trust decanting and pretermitted heirs.  Here is a link to our slides from the earlier presentation.

(Note: Ralph Holmes is currently retired from McLane Middleton. For information on this or other probate litigation issues, please contact Alexandra Cote at alexandra.cote@mclane.com.)