Probate Issues Resolved under the MUPC

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.