Legal Question in Disability Law in Massachusetts

Disabled Person Denied

Woman dying of cancer asks Probate (assigned) lawyer for a portion of her share of her soon to be estate for necessities while knowingly is dying.

Beneficiaries also ask for her to receive funds.

Lawyer after many attempts does nothing, she passes away.

This same lawyer then petitions to be her estate's lawyer in court for the original portion she was entitiled to.

She dies without. This is wrong and I do feel it may be against her rights. Who can we go to about this?

Other beneficiaries asked this lawyer to help, yet he did nothing.

Is this against the US constitution, can a person do something about this, it is so wrong.


Asked on 12/02/08, 5:40 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Gregory Lee Gregory P. Lee, Attorney at Law

Re: Disabled Person Denied

You clearly have the right to oppose the request for appointment in the Probate and Family Court. I tend to doubt that there is anything here that involves Constitutional rights under the U.S. Constitution, though Constitutional scholars are free to correct me on this. Distributions of estates are pretty much a matter of state law.

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Answered on 12/02/08, 6:42 am


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