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Estate Planning

April 2, 2020 By Marianna Barbowski

Estate planning -now is the time!

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Taking care of your family should be of the utmost importance at this difficult time. Proper estate planning will reduce your stress and avoid expenses, hassles and conflict later. 

Your estate plan can direct exactly where your assets are to go in the event of your death or disability. An estate plan will provide you with the comfort of knowing that your assets will go to the right beneficiaries.

An estate plan will avoid questions or disputes that would most likely have to be resolved by the courts otherwise.

Reduce Taxes and Costs.  

An estate plan will avoid your assets being tied up and can help avoid probate taxes and fees.  You can minimize the expenses and taxes when you create an estate plan.

You should be able to keep the cost of transferring your property to a minimum and also ease the burden on your family.

It is stressful and difficult to plan for the funeral of a loved one when grieving, with an estate plan you can outline your wishes for burial or other funeral arrangements and take some of the burden off of your family at a difficult time.

Prepare for incapacity.

A proper estate plan includes durable power of attorney for health care and a power of attorney for financial matters.   If you should ever become mentally and/or physically incapacitated, an estate plan can outline your wishes regarding your life and who will make medical decisions on your behalf.

Decide Now Who Will handle your Affairs.

By crafting a proper estate plan, you can establish a trustee or representative to handle your financial matters and make that decision now so you can sleep well at night.  You can provide for those who need it most, such as a child who has a disability or other person you want to specifically provide for. 

Blended Families  

We see this issues more and more often recently. Many people have multiple children from different spouses. Without an estate plan children can be in conflict and may not be provided for as you wish.  With a plan, you decide what goes to whom and when, and what children from a prior marriage may receive when you pass away.

Contact us!

The seasoned lawyers at the McGrath Law Firm, founded by attorney Peter McGrath, will walk you through every step of the estate planning process to address your concerns and achieve your goals as efficiently as possible. Juli Hincks and the experienced attorneys at McGrath Law Firm can assist with your estate planning. Call us to schedule your consultation at (603) 224-7111.

Filed Under: Legal Updates Tagged With: estate law, estate plan, estate planning, legal advice

Same-Sex Divorces in New Hampshire

November 29, 2017 By Marianna Barbowski

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McGrath Law Firm has recently handled a divorce action for a same-sex couple. Our experienced legal team was able to successfully help our client win ownership of certain personal property while protecting the client’s legal rights during a divorce dispute.

Same-sex marriage has been legal in New Hampshire since January 1, 2010, when legislation signed into law by Governor John Lynch on June 3, 2009 took effect. New Hampshire had established civil unions for same-sex couples beginning on January 1, 2008. Prior to 2008, same-sex couples in New Hampshire were not entitled to obtain the legal and financial benefits generally associated with marriage.

Although the divorce rates in New Hampshire are lower than the national average, there has been a rise in the number of married couples seeking a divorce, including same gender couples.

Same-sex divorce actions can sometimes involve high conflict disputes over the ownership of personal property items.  Some examples of personal property include jewelry, accessories, clothing, personal effects, as well as shared memorabilia.

New Hampshire law provides for an equitable distribution of marital assets regardless of whether a divorcing couple are same-sex or heterosexual. However, this does not mean that every asset or item must be split equally, so long as the overall distribution between the parties is fair and reasonable.

McGrath Law Firm has specific experience assisting clients in dissolving their marriages and handling the issues that may arise in a same-sex divorce action.

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The seasoned family law and divorce lawyers at the McGrath Law Firm, founded by attorney Peter McGrath, will walk you through every step of the challenging divorce process to address your concerns and achieve your goals as efficiently as possible. From spousal support, child support, fault, and equitable division of property and debt to valuations, prenuptial agreements, annulments, and restraining orders, the experienced attorneys at McGrath Law Firm have a successful track record in all aspects of divorce law. Call us to schedule your consultation at (603) 224-7111.

Filed Under: Legal Updates Tagged With: divorce, legal advice, marital assets, same-sex, spousal support

NH Bike Week – drivers be careful!

June 16, 2017 By Marianna Barbowski

NH Bike Week is here

It is a time to celebrate, summer has arrived – NH Bike Week is here!!! Laconia, and New Hampshire in general is at its busiest in terms of traffic thanks to bike week! The DOT has signs up warning the drivers but yet the inevitable happens every year – accidents. Accidents are even worse when a motorcycle is involved, regardless of who bears the liability.

What to do when you are in an accident?

When one is in an accident they are often in a state of shock. The first and most important thing for you to do is take care of yourself and seek medical treatment. The insurance and legal issues can wait. In fact, it should be the last step you take should you find yourself in an accident. You have up to three years in the State of New Hampshire to file a lawsuit, if needed. In a majority of circumstances, a lawsuit is never even filed.

Why call McGrath Law Firm?

Most people believe they call their insurance company and let them deal with it and all’s well that ends well. This is not always the case. Often, an insurance company will devalue the claim and not pay what you think is fair. The paperwork can be complicated. It is a fact, a claim handled through the McGrath Law Firm will get better results. You will have to decide if it is worth it to hire an experienced lawyer (at McGrath Law Firm an injury claim would be billed contingency – which means if you don’t get any money, neither will the McGrath Law Firm) or attempt to negotiate with the low offer given to you by the insurance company.

Contact Us!

The seasoned family law and divorce lawyers at the McGrath Law Firm, founded by former federal prosecutor, Peter McGrath, will walk you through every step of the challenging process to address your concerns and achieve your goals as efficiently as possible. From personal injury, criminal law and estate planning, spousal support, child support, fault, and equitable division of property and debt to valuations, prenuptial agreements, annulments, and restraining orders, the experienced attorneys at McGrath Law Firm have a successful track record in all aspects of law. Call us to schedule your consultation at (603) 224-7111.

Filed Under: Legal Updates Tagged With: accident, bike week, injury, legal, legal advice, legal rights, Personal Injury

NECC President Found Guilty of Racketeering

March 29, 2017 By Marianna Barbowski

 

The NECC President was found Guilty of Racketeering.  Barry Cadden, the president and co-founder of the now-defunct New England Compounding Center (NECC), was found guilty of racketeering, conspiracy and fraud for his involvement in the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak.  The outbreak killed more than 60 people and sickened hundreds.  It was the largest public health crises in the U.S. ever caused by a pharmaceutical drug.

McGrath Law Firm Represented More than 50 of the NECC Victims

Attorney Peter G. McGrath of McGrath Law Firm represented more than 50 of the victims nationwide and sued NECC  in 2012 for distributing steroid medications tainted with bacteria.

McGrath said victims and their families have mixed emotions about the verdict.  “Many of my clients thought Cadden should have been convicted for attempted murder,” McGrath said.  “But at the same time many are relieved that the case had finally been heard and are hoping it will bring closure to such a devastating chapter in their lives.  Let’s hope the sentencing in June will be just.”

McGrath Law Firm was the first law firm in the nation to file to attach Mr. Cadden’s homes on Martha’s Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts.

McGrath Law Firm has unique litigation experience with infectious disease matters. Attorney McGrath, a former federal prosecutor and founder of McGrath Law Firm, was lead counsel in the nationwide Hepatitis outbreak in New England in 2010. The firm also represented 30 clients in the recent Hepatitis B outbreak in North Charleston, South Carolina.

 

With law offices in South Carolina and New Hampshire, Mcgrath Law Firm, founded by Attorney Peter G. McGrath, concentrates his practice in the areas of complex injury law, medical malpractice, business law, environmental law, real estate law, and general litigation matters. Attorney McGrath combines a unique and expansive background of litigation experience, both from the prosecutorial side and from the private sector. As a federal prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice, Attorney McGrath was the lead prosecutor for the government in several major federal cases, including several in New Hampshire. Attorney McGrath is the founding member of the McGrath Law Firm and can be reached at (603) 224-7111.

 

Filed Under: Class Action, NECC Tagged With: hepatitis, legal advice, NECC, New England Compo, public health crisis, racketeering

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