An essential analysis and in-depth attention to the many details of the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code (MUPC) and Massachusetts Uniform Trust Code (MUTC) and their practical applications is vital for probate and trust lawyers. If you don’t know the latest changes in the law, forms, and procedures, you - and your clients - are missing out. To update yourself on MUPC and MUTC points of procedure and practice tips, you need to hear from key players inside the Probate and Family Court and from seasoned probate and trust practitioners.
In this program, expert faculty provide you with the latest on the MUPC and MUTC, including insights into the pragmatic aspects you need to know and helpful tips to make your day-to-day practice more efficient. You get a no-nonsense distillation and clarification of the most confusing aspects of the MUPC and the MUTC, as well as applied solutions to both the most common and most unusual issues that arise.
The new laws keep evolving - are you informed?
In this program, expert faculty provide you with the latest on the MUPC and MUTC, including insights into the pragmatic aspects you need to know and helpful tips to make your day-to-day practice more efficient. You get a no-nonsense distillation and clarification of the most confusing aspects of the MUPC and the MUTC, as well as applied solutions to both the most common and most unusual issues that arise.
The new laws keep evolving - are you informed?
Course Content
9:30 - 9:35 amWelcome and Introduction
Hon. Lisa A. Roberts,
(Ret.), Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
9:35 - 11:25 am
MUPC & MUTC Update 2024: Heirs at Law/ Priority Appointment/Time Limits for Filing
Jamie Jordan, Esq.,
Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Options to Open an Estate
Tara E. DeCristofaro, Esq.,
Register, Middlesex Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Cambridge
11:25 - 12:10 pm
MUPC & MUTC Update 2024: E-Filing and the 'FLS'
Matthew Abraham,
Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Evelyn J. Patsos, Esq.,
Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
12:10 - 12:25 pm
Q&A Session 1
Panel
12:25 - 12:55 pm
Administering the Estate
Heather A. Reid, Esq.,
Squillace & Associates, PC, Boston
12:55 - 1:40 pm
Lunch Break
1:40 - 2:25 pm
MUPC & MUTC Update 2024: Real Estate Issues
Evelyn J. Patsos, Esq.,
Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
2:25 - 2:40 pm
Q&A Session 2
Panel
2:40 - 3:15 pm
Options to Close an Estate
Jeffrey W. Roberts, Esq.,
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Boston
3:15 - 3:45 pm
Court Related Issues Under the MUTC
Thomas P. Jalkut, Esq.,
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Boston
3:45 - 4:15 pm
MUPC & MUTC Update 2024: Recent Devleopments
Panel
4:15 - 4:25 pm
Q&A Session 3
Panel
Please Note
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Speaker
Co-chairsEvelyn J. Patsos, Esq.,
Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Hon. Lisa A. Roberts,
(Ret.), Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Faculty
Matthew Abraham,
Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Tara E. DeCristofaro, Esq.,
Register, Middlesex Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Cambridge
Thomas P. Jalkut, Esq.,
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Boston
Jamie Jordan, Esq.,
Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Heather A. Reid, Esq.,
Squillace & Associates, PC, Boston
Jeffrey W. Roberts, Esq.,
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Boston
