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Atty. Eric D. Correira Joins Harvard Legal Services Center Leadership Council
Atty. Eric D. Correira was recently invited to join the Leadership Council for the WilmerHale Legal Services Center for Harvard Law School. Over the last several years, Atty. Correira has informally advised clinic students representing clients in the areas of estate planning and elder law. The Legal Services Center is an invaluable resource for Massachusetts […]
Read More »Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Quotes Atty. Eric D. Correira
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly recently quoted Atty. Eric D. Correira regarding a Massachusetts Appeals Court case in which the Court found that extrinsic evidence could be used to prove the validity of a will signed by the testator’s conservator under the conservator’s mistaken belief that his appointment gave him the power to do so. In the […]
Read More »Atty. Eric D. Correira Quoted by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly recently quoted Atty. Eric D. Correira regarding a Massachusetts Appeals Court decision of first impression that a disinherited son’s status as an “interested person” under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code (MUPC) did not give him standing to contest his stepmother’s appointment as personal representative of his father’s estate. In the Matter of […]
Read More »Massachusetts Increases State Estate Tax Exemption
As part of the tax relief package passed in Massachusetts on October 4, 2023, the Massachusetts estate tax exemption has been increased to $2 million retroactive to January 1, 2023. While the firm will directly contact all clients that are now entitled to an estate tax refund, all clients living in Massachusetts or owning real […]
Read More »Atty. Eric D. Correira Interviewed by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Atty. Eric D. Correira was interviewed by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly regarding a recent Massachusetts Appeals Court petition for partition case. In Lodigiani, et al. v. Pare, et al., the Court ruled that although a property was subject to a life estate, two remainderman could seek costs from the third remainderman for the expenses they incurred […]
Read More »Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Interviews Atty. Eric D. Correira
Atty. Eric D. Correira was interviewed by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly regarding a recent Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision involving a petition for partition action. In Battle v. Howard, the Court decided that the case should have been dismissed after the plaintiff died during the litigation, even though the partition commissioner had already accepted an offer […]
Read More »Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Quotes Atty. Eric D. Correira
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly recently quoted Atty. Eric D. Correira regarding a case where the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that an estate beneficiary could not bring civil RICO claims against the estate’s personal representative for a scheme involving her deceased uncle’s business interests because the alleged pattern of fraud, in which the plaintiff […]
Read More »Atty. Eric D. Correira Quoted by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly recently quoted Atty. Eric D. Correira regarding a Massachusetts Appeals Court decision involving three issues of first impression for the Court. In the Matter of the Colecchia Family Irrevocable Trust, the Court was faced with procedural questions raised in a challenge by a trust beneficiary to the administration of his parents’ irrevocable […]
Read More »Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Interviews Atty. Eric D. Correira
Atty. Eric D. Correira was interviewed by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly regarding a recent United States District Court decision involving whether an email exchange between an unmarried couple purporting to establish the financial terms of their separation divested the ex-girlfriend of her right to proceeds from the ex-boyfriend’s life insurance policy, for which she was the […]
Read More »Atty. Eric D. Correira Interviewed by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly recently interviewed Atty. Eric D. Correira regarding a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision involving a nominee trust in the context of Medicaid qualification. A nominee trust is a not a “true trust”, and instead an entity unique under Massachusetts law for holding real estate. The case, Guilfoil v. Secretary of the Executive Office […]
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