Mar 27, 2024 | Estate Planning, Kerry Reilly
Caring.com, in association with You.gov conducts annual surveys on the state of estate planning in the US. The 2024 Survey has encouraging and discouraging news. The encouraging news is the percentage of the population of 18-35 year olds with a plan...
Mar 1, 2024 | Estate Planning, Kerry Reilly, Wills
Even an esteemed lawyer like a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court should seek out an estate planning lawyer. We don’t always know “what we don’t know.” While clarity and brevity are to be admired and encouraged, especially when legal writing is involved,...
Feb 21, 2024 | Blog, Estate Planning, Kerry Reilly
“All to my spouse, then in equal shares to my children,” or “all to my children in equal shares.” This is a common set of instructions we estate planners see with our clients. What if we don’t have a spouse, or children? What if we don’t have siblings, or aren’t...
Feb 12, 2024 | Estate Planning, Kerry Reilly
In the Boston Globe, on Sunday, February 11, 2024 an article titled “Boom in youth gambling in Mass. fueled by online sports betting apps” (Chris Serres) discussed the disturbing spike in gambling by young people. In that article, “nearly 40% of men ages 18 to 49 have...
Jan 8, 2024 | Estate Planning, Kerry Reilly
After many years, legal fees, familial strife, and much wrangling, “a six-person jury decided after less than an hour of deliberation that a four-page document written…and discovered under a couch cushion at her home, months after [her] death — should serve...
Jan 8, 2024 | Business Law, Kerry Reilly
Beginning January 1, 2024 most entities that register with a local Secretary of State will have additional federal reporting requirements, that if not met, carry significant financial and criminal penalties. The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) requires that certain...
