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Updating Your Estate Plan After Your Spouse’s Passing

Whenever the death of your spouse occurs, it is a life-altering trauma. At Surprenant & Beneski, P.C., our capable, caring estate administration attorneys have spent decades assisting clients throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod in updating their estate plans after a spouse’s death. Contact us now so we can help you...

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Why Not Combine Tax Time With Estate Planning?

Since preparing to pay your taxes is time-consuming and requires thoughtful organization, it can be the perfect time to also work on your estate plan with a competent estate planning attorney. In Southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod, the accomplished lawyers of Surprenant & Beneski, P.C. are eager to help you use the...

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Why You Should Have an Incapacity Plan in Place

When you are young or middle-aged, the need for an incapacity plan may seem distant and unreal. At Surprenant & Beneski, P.C., our estate planning attorneys often assist Southeastern Massachusetts clients who are focused on growing and protecting their assets and planning for a comfortable retirement but don’t (at first) see...

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Estate Executor vs. Estate Administrator

The major difference between an Estate Executor, otherwise known as Personal Representative, and an Estate Administrator is that the former is personally chosen by the deceased in their will, while the latter is appointed by the court if the deceased has died intestate (without a will). Whether you are named for...

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New Year’s Resolutions for Seniors

New Year’s resolutions are a way to start off the New Year right. Usually, they have to do with improving ourselves.  Whether it is to lose weight, exercise, learn a new skill, etc. More often than not, the resolution only lasts a few weeks or a couple of months. Here is an...

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