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Massachusetts surviving spouse rights: the c. 191 § 15 waiver of the will, its 6-month deadline, $10,000 exempt property, and the family allowance.
Massachusetts trust administration under M.G.L. c. 203E: the 30-day notice to qualified beneficiaries, trustee accounting, paying debts, and distribution.
How to contest a will in Massachusetts: the grounds, the appearance and 30-day affidavit of objections, the deadline, and enforceable no-contest clauses.
Massachusetts will requirements under c. 190B: age 18, sound mind, a signed writing, two witnesses, no handwritten wills, and a self-proving affidavit.
New Jersey advance directive rules: name a health care representative, add an instruction directive, and sign before two witnesses or a notary.
A nonresident who died owning New Jersey real estate rarely needs a second full estate. N.J.S.A. 3B:3-27 lets you record the foreign probate record.
New Jersey creditor claims run nine months from the date of death under N.J.S.A. 3B:22-4. There is no published notice, and the tax lien still blocks transfers.
New Jersey pays estate debts in the order set by N.J.S.A. 3B:22-2. Learn the seven classes, the R. 4:91-1 insolvency filing, and where executor risk starts.
New Jersey's Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, N.J.S.A. 3B:14-61.1 et seq., sets who reaches a deceased user's online accounts.
New Jersey estate planning basics: the will, power of attorney, advance directive, and trust, plus the inheritance tax that reaches siblings and friends.
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