Lillian J. LaRosa
LaRosa/Toland Law Office
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Probate Court practice including litigqation and administration of estates. including will and account contests and appointment of personal representative contests divorce and custody including guardianship of minors, and preparation and reviewing real estate and purchase and sale agreements, preparing petitions for license to sell,real estate and petitions to partition land in common. I have been a Conciliator with the Middlesex County Bar Association program for several years, I am a Court appointed Guardian Ad Litem category D on, Probate Accounts including Estates and Conservatorships, and Custody and Visitation Guardian ad litem . Our office also handles Workers Compensation matters including third party claims, personal injury , auto and truck accidents, pedestrian accidents.
Practice Areas
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Workers' Compensation
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
Fees
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Free Consultation
Thirty minute consultation for Probate Court matters . Please note that Workers Compensation and Personal Injury matters do not have an hourly billing rate and are either statutory or contingent fee
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Massachusetts
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- 1st Circuit
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Languages
- English
Professional Experience
- Partner
- LaRosa/Toland Law Office
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- Probate law and Family Law and Workers Compensation, Personal Injury and Auto Accident practice
Education
- American University Washington College of Law
- J.D. (1981) | Administrative law
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- internships with the US Food and Drug Administration and Montgomery County Maryland County Attorneys Office
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Professional Associations
- Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
- Member
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- Middlesex County Bar Association
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- Massachusetts Bar Association # 105219
- Member
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Speaking Engagements
- Employee's Average Weekly Wage Enhancement, Workers' Compensation Law & Practice, Boston, MA
- Sterling Education Services, Inc.
- Peter T. Toland , Esq., LaRosa/Toland Law Office, Woburn, MA, Lecturer , Lecutre for CLE credit
- Employee's Average Weekly Wage Enhancement, Workers' Compensation Law & Practice, Boston, MA
- Sterling Education Services, Inc.
- Peter T. Toland , Esq., LaRosa/Toland Law Office, Woburn, MA, Lecturer , Lecutre for CLE credit
- Employee's Average Weekly Wage Enhancement, Workers' Compensation Law & Practice, Boston, MA
- Sterling Education Services, Inc.
- Peter T. Toland , Esq., LaRosa/Toland Law Office, Woburn, MA, Lecturer , Lecutre for CLE credit
Certifications
- Middlesex County Bar Association ADR Conciliator
- Middlesex County Bar Association
- Guardian ad litem
- Probate and Family Court
Websites & Blogs
- Website
- LaRosaTolandlaw
Legal Answers
674 Questions Answered
- Q. What are steps to take with my mother's estate when she passes away with no will.
- A: Your mother appears to reside in Massachusetts and assuming that is the case she would be intestate and depending upon her marital status and whether you and your brother are the only children she has, you and brother have equal ability to file a Petition for Probate of her estate upon her death. You have not stated whether you and your brother could work together on the estate or there is some impediment to doing so. Is the real estate in your mother's sole name? Record title matters at this juncture, so that should be ascertained. There could be an ancillary proceeding in New York if the property is in her sole name there. Sometimes property is held by a joint tenancy with a right of survivorship so that the first to die loses title to the real estate. This is otherwise with a tenancy in common. If your mother is too unwell to conduct her own financial and medical affairs does she have a Power of Attorney instrument designating an agent? A Health Care proxy? The potential may exist for appointment of a guardian and conservator to act for her. Have her medical personnel indicated such a need?
- Q. Will a Massachusetts judge grant a motion for video chat visits twice a week for 15 minutes with a 1 year old child?
- A: The Court could enter a version of the requested order , but you should assert the difficulty involved in having the child participate for the full length of the call . Of greater concern at this point is the lack of consistency by father "disappearing for weeks or months" . Is there also an alcohol or substance abuse issue involved? The location of the six hour visit has not been stated, nor whether it is supervised nor if so , the type of supervision- i.e., by a Visitation Center, Social Worker? If there is no supervision has supervision been requested? You could well benefit and so would your child from having legal representation in this matter.
- Q. I will be receiving a settlement for a suit I filed for wrongful death of my father. It was product liability. I am the
- A: It is surprising there was no Personal Rep appointment in order to proceed with the case. There is a requirement to notice the Estate Recovery Unit of a Probate Petition as there is an automatic lien for Masshealth/Medicaid benefits. Also, the size of the Estate-whether over or under $1,000,000 for Massachusetts residents due to Massachusetts Estate Tax laws. Lastly, the Insurance Company paying the settlement would be paying the Estate and therefore a Federal Taxpayer ID for the Estate would be needed. The appropriate Probate Petition would also determine the decedent's heirs . In sum, you should contact probate counsel.
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