The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that an agent named in a health care proxy lacks authority to agree to arbitration on behalf of a nursing home resident in a wrongful death case.
For more than 30 years, David Wizansky, with his wife, Margot, has developed and operated group homes in the Boston area for adults with developmental disabilities through their company, Specialized Housing.
In a previous blog post, I provided a checklist for determining whether you need a lawyer for your estate planning, hoping to help readers determine whether they have a “plain vanilla” situation and goals or whether their circumstances and wishes require attorney help.
In the case of Bobrow v. Commissioner, the U.S. Tax Court overturned a longstanding IRA rule permitting taxpayers to “roll over” multiple IRAs in a single year.