Hi,
Can you explain the laws around renting your apartment to people with children or looking to have childre....
There are many posts on this forum dealing with MA lead paint law, inc....
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5/21/2012 08:05 by dare2dream |
I am sole guardian for my special needs child. They have visitation with their father. He is not communicating....
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5/21/2012 07:48 by melelllan |
We have been awarded a $200,000 judgement in a probate matter that has gone on for years. The execeutor of my ....
I understand your desire to get a second opinion on this matter. ....
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5/20/2012 16:20 by massconfusion27 |
I received a Summons in the Mail to appear in Court in June for a B & E misdemeanor. I went to the Police Depa....
The answers to your questions are as follows: (1) The police departmen....
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5/19/2012 22:26 by completelyconfused |
The Massachusetts Public Health Council just approved new regulations (105 CMR 309) intended to give healthcar....
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5/18/2012 10:42 by The Editor |
I'm supposed to go to my SSDI hearing next week before an administrative law judge and I'm getting very nervou....
You didn't say if you have an attorney or not. If you do not, yo....
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5/17/2012 06:49 by TinaW |
I'm thinking about filing bankruptcy but my situation is so bad that I'm worried about not be able to recover ....
I've just consulted my crystal ball and the answer is . . . . &nb....
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5/16/2012 07:31 by Tarrant |
My brother is the power of attorney for my elderly mother. She is demented and often confused about her finan....
Yes, nothing to worry about. The terms Power of Attorney and Att....
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5/14/2012 06:51 by AABates |
I was driving in Boston during rush hour and I hit a guy who was listening to an ipod with earplugs. He walke....
Apparently, this is a huge problem, especially among young men. ....
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5/13/2012 07:23 by Worried4 |
Hello. In Massachusetts let’s say I’m paying say $8,000 a year in Child Support to 23. Under the agreemen....
If your Agreement says you should pay child support until the child is....
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5/4/2012 22:18 by divorced_with_children |
Several of my colleagues will dictate consultation notes in which they state they don't have the complete hist....
The question probably boils down to whether or not such practice is wi....
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10/2/2011 18:37 by Anonymous |
New will or codicil
I doubt the attorney is trying to drum up more work. You don't say why the attorney advised you to execute a new will rather than amending the existing will by codicil, but I can think of a couple of reasons. Perhaps you've had changes in your life that require a review of your estate plan. Or, although I doubt there are any discrepancies between the law in Pennsylvania and in Massachusetts, it can't hurt to execute a new will with all formalities required under MA law. Finally, because a codicil does not replace your entire will (only the parts you want amended), the attorney may be concerned she will create some inconsistency in the two documents that she and you overlooked. In other words, tucked away in another part of your will may some language that was based on the portion of the will you are amending and which, after you execute the codicil, may be inconsistent with that new document.
Bottom line: The attorney will have to draft and execute a codicil with the same care and attention to Massachusetts law that she would use if she were creating a new will. For that reason, I doubt that an entire new will will cost that much more than the codicil. Good luck.