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.Practical guidance through new and evolving laws
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 MUPC and MUTC keep evolving are you informed?
Course Content
9:30 - 9:35 am - Welcome and IntroductionHon. Lisa A. Roberts,
(Ret.), Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
9:35 - 11:25 am - Heirs at Law/Priority Appointment/Time Limits for Filing Options to Open an Estate
Jamie L. Jordan, Esq.,
Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Tara E. DeCristofaro, Esq.,
Register, Middlesex Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Woburn
11:25 - 12:10 pm - E-Filing and the “FLS”
Danielle Rado Smokler,
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
Shea GuntherMaher, Esq.,
Squillace & Associates, PC, Boston
12:55 - 1:40 pm - Lunch (on your own)
1:40 - 2:25 pm - 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 - 4:00 pm - Court-Related Issues Under the MUTC
Thomas P. Jalkut, Esq.,
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Boston
4:00 - 4:30 pm - Q&A Session 3, Key Takeaways & Conclusion
Panel
Speakers
CochairsEvelyn 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
Tara E. DeCristofaro, Esq.,
Register, Middlesex Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Woburn
Shea GuntherMaher, Esq.,
Squillace & Associates, PC, Boston
Thomas P. Jalkut, Esq.,
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Boston
Jamie L. Jordan, Esq.,
Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Danielle Rado Smokler,
Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Jeffrey W. Roberts, Esq.,
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Boston
