Answers to the Informal Probate Process, At
Last!
Join us for a dynamic and informative program designed to give you the skills
you will need to successfully complete the informal probate process. Learn from
our panel of experts the rationale behind whether or not to file your probate
informally as well as the nuts and bolts of the informal probate process
including:
- How to complete the petition and other documents required for filing;
- Who the new heirs are and who is now "out;"
- The new default or per capita distribution, as well as the new statute of
limitations imposed by the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code;
- Learn first-hand from register Anastasia Welsh Perrino (Barnstable), and
magistrate Julie Matuschak (Essex) about how to avoid the most common mistakes
causing denial of informal petitions;
- Learn the informal probate real estate implications, REBA standards and
Land Court guidelines from Elizabeth Barton, counsel for CATIC title insurance
company.
Faculty:Mark Leahy, Esq., program co-chair
Whittum & Leahy, Hingham
Janice Nigro, Esq., program co-chair
Nigro, Pettepit & Lucas, LLP, Wakefield
Elizabeth Barton, Esq.
CATIC, Westborough
Anastasia Welsh Perrino, Esq.
Barnstable Probate & Family Court, Barnstable
Julie Stiles Matuschak, Esq.
Essex County Probate & Family Court - Salem Session, Salem
Sponsoring Sections: Young Lawyers Division
Probate Law Section
Real Estate Law Section
Taxation Section