
My name is Melinda Santos (DeAguiar) and I am the Assistant Case Manager here at Surprenant & Beneski, P.C. I had the privilege of joining the Surprenant & Beneski team in August of 2015. In my role, I help support the Case Managers in providing service to our clients. In my past careers, I have worked with the elderly at Bayview Assisted Living. I have recently received my paralegal certificate, as I enjoy learning all about law.
I enjoy meeting new people and working with the public. In my free time, I love to spend time with my family, to me my family means the world to me. I also enjoy crafting, doing hair and makeup for weddings, music and being creative. I look forward meeting you and helping you in any way I can here at Surprenant & Beneski, P.C.

In addition to deciding who gets what when you die, you have key roles to fill that deserve thoughtful deliberation as part of the estate-planning process, experts say. In addition to choosing an executor — the person who ensures your wishes are carried out and that your estate is settled — it’s wise to name […]

Failing to complete your estate plan may not be among the top 5 lifetime regrets but it can certainly have the same impact. Estate Planning is one of these tasks that often fall under “discretionary spending,” and because it has the stigma of having to contemplate your own death, it often drops to the bottom […]

The strong emotions that come with a love one’s passing are often followed by bewilderment when survivors realize all of the financial and legal steps they must take to settle their affairs. The spouse who passed away may have handled all of the couple’s finances, leaving the other uninformed and overwhelmed. Or perhaps a caregiver […]
