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Past Months: Education for Elder Law & Estate Planning Attorneys


April, 2011

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6 Assisting Patients & Families in Adaptation to Changes in Cognitive Functioning
Palmer, MA @Wing Hosp 8 - 9 AM
Constance Carpenter-Bixler, PhD
RSVP: Jan Mitchell, PhD.
(413)668-1484
FREE

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19 Passover

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22 Good Friday

23

24 - Easter

25

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27MassNAELA
Pubic Policy, Pre Dinner, Dinner Meeting: Homesteads
Newton Marriott
6PM

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March, 2011

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

 

 

1 MCLE Elder Benefits Programs
Boston
9:30 - 4 pm
$25 / $95

2-Caregivers of Elderly: Challenges
Palmer, MA @Wing Hosp
8 - 9 AM
Jan Mitchell, PhD.
(413)668-1484
FREE

3

4 -MCLE Disabilty Law Conference
Boston
9:30 - 4 pm
$245 / $275

5

6

7

8- Hampden County Estate Planning Council
11:45 am

9 - Ash Wednesday

10

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12

13

14

15

16

17 - St. Patrick's Day

18 MassNAELA Elder Law Institute
@ Suffolk Univ., Boston
$179 / $199

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21

22 - MCLE Immigrants & Public Benefits
Boston
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
$25 / $95

23

24 Dignity in Older Adults
11:30 am -1:00 pm at Glenmeadow, Longmeadow
research on definition of dignity, strategies
used by older adults to enhance dignity
567-7800 or
tdearborn@glenmeadow.org
FREE lunch included.

25 Practical Dementia Care
8:20am - 3:45pm Diagnosis, ethical & legal issues, prevention, pshopharmacology
Baystate Faculty
Log Cabin, Holyoke
$105/$111

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February, 2011

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

 

 

1

2

3 - MCLE State and Federal Veterans Benefits
Boston
1:15 pm - 4:00 pm
$25 / $95

4

5

6

7

8 Hampden Counnty Estate Planning Council
11:45 am

9

10

11 - MassNAELA Medicaid Issues & Legislative Breakfast
8 - 10am
Easthampton:
Lathrop Retirement Community
$30 / $50
FREE for State Legislators

12 Lincoln's Birthday

13

14 - Valentine's Day

15- MassNAELA Medicaid Issues & Legislative Breakfast
8 - 10am
Hingham:
Linden Ponds
Natick:
Whitney Place
Peabody:
Woodbridge
$30 / $50
FREE for State Legislators

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21 - President's Day

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January, 2011

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Wed

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1 New Year's Day

2

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4

5

6

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8

9

10 - Heckerling Institute
Orlando, FL
to Jan 14th>>

11 - MCLE Assistance for Families & Individ'ls: TAFDC and EAEDC
Boston
9:30 - 4:00
$25 / $95

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Hampden Cnty Estate Planning Council
11:45 am

12

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14

15

16

17 Martin Luther King Day

18

19

20

21 -NAELA UnProgram
Grapevine, Texas
$295 / $395 >>>

22 NAELA UnProgram
Grapevine, Texas >>>

23 NAELA UnProgram
Grapevine, Texas

24

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26

27 Webinar:
Estate Tax Planning
12Noon - 1:30 pm
David J. Correira, Esq.
Diane@estateplanningelderlaw.com

FREE

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December, 2010

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

 

 

 

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2 Hanukkah

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5

6

7 - Pearl Harbor Day

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12

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15

16- Estate Tax Compliance for 2010
Proposed Form 8939
Carryover Basis Rules
QTIP trusts to obtain a step-up in basis for surviving spouse
Gifting, Disclaimers & Planning Opportunities
Joint Trusts & General Power of Appointment Trusts
Doherty Case - 1 Year Later
Use of Annuities in Medicaid Personal Care Contracts
Life Estates and Medicaid Trust Planning
Uniform Probate Code Effective 7/1/2011
Leo J. Cushing, Esq., CPA Todd E. Lutsky, Esq
Doubletree Guest Suites - Waltham
8:30 - 12 Noon
617-523-1555 or kpapulis@cushingdolan.com

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25 - Christmas

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November, 2010

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

 

1

2 - ELECTION DAY

3 MCLE Litigation with IRS & DOR
Boston
9 - 12 noon
+Webcast
$195/$225

4 - NAELA Instriduction to Elder Law & Special Needs in San Diego

5 - Guardianship Law Conference
Mass Gdnshp Assoc.
@ Suffolk Univ
Boston Implementation and Due Process

$199 / $179

NAELA Institute in SanDiego
continued>>

6 - NAELA Institute in SanDiego

7

8 MCLE Wealth Management BootcampHigh Net Worth Client Counselling
Boston
9:30 - 4 pm
continued >>

9 - MCLE Wealth Management Bootcamp
High Net Worth Client Counselling
Boston
9:30 - 4 pm
$445 - $495

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Hampden Cnty Estate Planning Council
11:45 am

10 - MCLE Health Care Access Programs
Boston
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
$25 / $95

11 - VETERANS DAY
Veterans Benefits and Aid And Attendance
Patty ServaesPatty Servaes
Bluebird Estates, East Longmeadow
FREE

12 - Veterans Benefit and Aid & Attendance
MassNAELA @ Suffolk Univ., Boston
9 am 1 pm

eligibility, unreimbursed Med Expns,
assets limits
application process,
transfers
trusts, annuities
$199 / $179

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25 Thanksgiving

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30 - MassNAELA Annual Meeting w/ Pres. Elect Edwin Boyer
6 PM @ Westin Hotel, Waltham

 

 

 

 

 

October, 2010

Sun

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Tue

Wed

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Fri

Sat

 

 

 

 

 

1 MCLE Elder Law Basics Plus Boston
$245 / $275

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5

6

7 MCLE CORI Basics
Boston
9:30 am - 12:15 pm
$25 / $95

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MCLE: Gdnshp & Cons'ship
Peabody
9 - 12 noon
$225 / $245

8 MCLE Estate Planning Moderate Estate
Boston +Webcast
9 - 12 noon
$195 / $225

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10

11 COLUMBUS DAY

12 - VA Aid &Attendance Flight School
October 12-13 Paris Hotel-Casino, Las Vegas
$695 / $895

 

13 - Estate Planning with Insurance
Business Succession; Stephen LeimbergStephan Leimberg
Hampden Estate Planning Council
WNEC,Springfield
8 am - 12 noon
$45 / $95

14

15 MassNAELA Elder Law Symposium
Health Care; Update; Elder Abuse;
Federal Ct Litigation @ Suffolk Univ, Boston
$199 / $179

MCLE Estate Planning for Moderate Estate
Andover
9 - 12 noon
$195 / $225

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19 - MCLE How to Organize A Privately Onwed Business
Boston
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm
$195 / $225

20 MCLE Estate Planning Moderate Estate
Springfield
9 - 12 noon
$195 / $225

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25 MassNAELA: Collaborative law and Mediation approaches to resolving disputes in the elder law and probate.
6 PM @ Westin Hotel, Waltham

26

27 - Before the Memories Fade: Presymptomatic Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
alz assoc

Westin Hotel, Waltham
7:00 PM

617 868-6718
MANH@alz.org
alz.org/MANH

FREE

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29 - MCLE Estate Planning Moderate Estate
Andover
9 - 12 noon
$195 / $225

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PESI MassHealth Update
8:30 - 4:30
Hilton Garden Inn Waltham
Wm. Brisk, Harry Margolis
$289

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September, 2010

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Wed

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6 - LABOR DAY

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9- Rosh Hashanah

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13 - MassNAELA: Medicaid View from the Inside, featuring Medicaid Director Terry Dougherty and Board of Hearings Director Kim Larkin, moderated by Susan Levin. 6 PM
Waltham

MCLE - ALI ABA Sophisticated Estate Planning Techniques
Boston continued >>

14 - MCLE - ALI ABA Sophisticated Estate Planning Techniques
Boston
$1,299

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Hampden County Estate Plan Council
11:45 am Volatility-Mitigation Strategies. UMass Cntr International Securities & Derivatives Markets

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16 - MCLE Fiduciary Income Tax of Estates & Trusts
Boston
8:30 - 3:30 pm
$245 / $275

continued>>

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MCLE Gdnshp & Conservatorship
Boston+webcast
9 - 12 noon
$225 / $245

17- Yom Kipur begins at Sundown

MCLE Fiduciary Income Tax of Estates & Trusts, continued
Boston
8:30 - 3:30 pm
$245 / $275

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21 - MCLE Special Needs Trusts
Boston
9 am - 12 noon
$195 / $ 225

22 - MCLE SSI&SSDI Basics
Boston
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
$25 / $95

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NOSSCR Fall Social Security Disability Conference
Chicago Marriott >>>to Sept 25th

23 - MCLE Advanced Issues Trust Admin
Boston
9 am - 12 noon
$195/$225

24 - MassNAELA
UnProgram

Embassy Suites Hotel Marlborough, MA

25 - MassNAELA
UnProgram

Embassy Suites Hotel Marlborough, MA

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30 -MCLE Elder Law Basics Plus Boston
$245 / $275

Continued to Oct 1 >>>>>

30 - MCLE Gdnshp & Conervatorship
Worcester 9 - 12 noon
$225 / $245

 


July, 2010

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
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12

13 - What Every Estate Planner Needs to Know About Real Estate
2 pm - 5pm
MCLE, Boston
guidance from estate planners, probate practitioners and real estate lawyers
$225 / 195

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27 - Guardianships under Massachusetts Probate Code
New rules and procedures requiring specific authority to admit people to a nursing facility, or transfer patients to proper level of care. Western Mass Elder Care Professionals Association (WMEPA).
Gina Barry, Esq.
8:00 am - 9:30 am
WHERE: Orchard Valley at Wilbrham
RSVP: Elena Leon 596-0006 FREE; breakfast included.

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June, 2010

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
  1 2 3 - MassNAELA Dinner Meeting
Supplemental Needs Trust Planning
4
7 8 Patty Servais"Yes! Veterans’ Benefits May be Yours"
2 - 3 PM
Patty Servais, Elder Benefits Consulting
Rockridge Retirement Community, Northampton
FREE
9 10 11
14 15 16 Massachusetts Guardianship Association Meeting

17 - MassNAELA Paralegal Training: Uniform Probate Code
Westin Hotel, Waltham
9 am - 5pm

Estate Planning on Marital Assets in a Divorce
Mass Bar Association,
Attorneys David J. Correira, Denise Squillante
provisions of the Uniform Probate Code impacting estate plans, the use of pre-nuptial agreements to protect family assets and businesses, domestic relations orders, and current case law impacting the revision of estate plans or the transfer of assets during divorce.

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May, 2010

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
3 4 5-
Can We Talk?: A Financial Guide for Baby Boomers Assisting their Elderly Parents
with author Bob Mauterstock
Orchard Valley at Wilbraham To Register: (413) 596-0006 eleon@benchmarkquality.com FREE, Dinner Provided
Free Book to first 25 RSVP
6 - MCLE Changes to the New MUPC; Guardianship & Conservatorship
Boston + Webcast 9am - 12noon
Substantive law, procedures, forms and practice
$195 / $225
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11 - Hampden County Estate Planning Council
Springfield, MA
11:45 am
$22.00

MCLE Changes to the New MUPC; Guardianship & Conservatorship Tewksbury. See May 6th for description

Massachusetts Guardianship Association Meeting

12 - NAELA Annual Meeting
Orlando, FL
May 12 > 15.

13 - MCLE Changes to the New MUPC; Guardianship & Conservatorship Taunton. See May 6th for description

MCLE Unanticipated Consequences: Fixing Broken Estate Plans & Trusts
Boston + webcast
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
$195 / $225

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18 - MCLE Medicaid Planning & Medicare Set-Asides
Planning, after DRA

Boston + webcast
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Leo Cushing, Todd Lutsky
$195 - $225

MCLE Changes to the New MUPC; Guardianship & Conservatorship Bedford. See May 6th

19 - MCLE Changes to the New MUPC; Guardianship & Conservatorship Worcester. See May 6th for description

Business Income Insurance
Insurance Inst., Boston
9- 3pm May 19th - 20th
Max Period of Indemnity, Monthly Limit of Indemnity, Agreed Value and Extended Period of Indemnity
$360/ $390

20

21 - Estate Planning 2010
Leo Cushing, Todd Lutsky
8:30 - 11:30 am
Doubletree Guest Suites,
550 Winter St, Waltham,

Trusts that will work in 2010, 2011, and thereafter; Rodrigues Homestead exemption for property in revocable trust; Medicaid Planning and the Doherty, HUD-1 Regs; Health Care Legislation Taxes; N.H. Domestic Asset Protection Trusts

FREE; To Register: csargent@cushingdolan.com or Xiomara Negron at xnegron@cushingdolan.com.

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25 - MCLE What Every Estate Planner in Massachusetts Needs To Know About Laws of Other New England States & Florida
Practical advice from out-of-state practitioners
.
Boston + webcast
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
State-Specific Presentation for:
CT, Maine, NH, RI, VT, &
Florida; "Ask the Experts" Q&A Session
$195 / $225

MCLE Changes to the New MUPC; Guardianship & Conservatorship Springfield. See May 6th for description

26 27- MCLE Changes to the New MUPC; Guardianship & Conservatorship Pittsfield. See May 6th for description

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31 - MEMORIAL DAY        

April, 2010

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
      1 2 - GOOD FRIDAY
5 - PASSOVER CONCLUDES 6 7 - MassNAELA Dinner Meeting
6 PM Waltham Westin
elder law attorney's role as a witness in will and trust litigation, the drafting attorney's ethical obligations in the context of litigation, and best practices for drafting and execution to avoid or minimize the possibility of litigation.
8 9
12 13 14 - Massachusetts Guardianship Association Meeting 15 16
19 PATRIOT'S DAY 20 21 22

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March, 2010

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
1 2 3 US Trust Advisor Series
Mass State House, Boston; 6:00 pm
Planning in a Rising Income Tax Environment
(617)434-7485
FREE
4 5 - Elder Law Institute XVI Elder Law & Medicaid Consequences of Estate Planning
9:00 - 4:30 pm
Suffolk University Law School, Boston
$229 / $179
8 9 - Hampden County Estate Planning Council
Springfield, MA
11:45 am
$22.00
10 11 12 >> Dayligh Saving Time begins Saturday, March 14th
15 16 17- St. Patrick's Day 18 19
22 23

24 - Alzheimer's Disease: Legal and Financial Issues
Attorney John L. Roberts. 12:00 Noon
Agawam Sr Center
Reg:(800)272-3900
FREE
Competency in the Elderly - What the Attorney Needs to Know - Dr. Christopher VanKleeck
5:30 pm - 7:30pm
GosselinLaw, 1026 Main St., Winchester, MA (781) 782-6000
FREE

25 - Estate Planning with IrrevocableTrusts &
Disability Planning Case Law Update

12:00 noon
Webcast
David J. Correira, Esq. FREE
events@cilaw.com

Immediate Annuity Tutorial
3 PM
Webcast
Patrick Herndon
Online Registration
FREE

26 -

29 - PASSOVER BEGINS at Sundown 30 - State Senator Patricia D. Jehlen (D-Somerville) Massachusetts Elder Affairs Comm. Chair featured speaker at the Western Massachusetts Eldercare Professionals Association (WMEPA) meeting. 8:30 a.m. at Glenmeadow, Longmeadow, MA.
FREE
RSVP: 413-567-7800
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February, 2010

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
1 2

3 - How to Choose a Financial Advisorwebcast - 2PM
Pensco Trust.
due diligence considerations; avoid a ‘Madoff’;
performance results; evaluate their expertise & credentials
FREE

4 - Boston Estate Planning Council
Member Roundtable
lunch
11:30 am - 1pm
BinghamMcCutchen

4 - MCLE Ethical Issues Under UPC
Boston + webcast
9:30 - 11 AM
Linda Bauer, Mark Leahy
$45.00

5

8 9 - Hampden County Estate Planning Council
Springfield, MA
11:45 am
$22.00
10

11 - Long Term Care Financing Advisory Committee Public Hearing
10 am - 12 Noon
Northampton Council on Aging.
67 Conz Street
(617)573-1822
Free Refreshments
Long Term Care Insurance PowerPoint

12 - Lincoln's Birthday
15 - President's Day 16 17- Ash Wednesday 18 19
22 - Washington's Birthday

23 - MassNAELA Multi-Site Breakfast Meeting
Programs and services offered by local ASAPs and how clients access.
8am-10am in Marlborough, Peabody, Halifax and Northampton
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MCLE Advance Issues Asset Protection
Boston
8:30 AM- 12:30 PM
$125 / $145

24 - NAELA Special Needs Summit
New Orleans, LA

Wed > Thurs - Fri - Sat

RETURN OF THE MOCK TRIAL: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Part II
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Boston Estate Planning Council. estate planning issues
Suffolk U Law School
Mock Trial Room
$75.00

25 MCLE Will & Trust Drafting Techniques
Boston + webcasts
9:30 - 11:00 AM every Thursday for the following 6 weeks
$175 / $195

26 - MCLE Long Term Care Planning
Boston
9 AM - 12 Noon
Harry Margolis, Emily Saltz, Rebecca Benson, David Keefe, III of Eagle Strategies. cover comprehensive planning
$125 / $145

 

January, 2010

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
 

1 - New Years Day

 

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8 - MCLE Estate Planning Conference
Boston
8:30 AM - 5PM
$245 / $275 / $295

11- Alzheimer's Caregiver Series: Why We See What We See
Nancy Harper, RN; how brain changes affect behavior;
Orchard Valley, Wilbraham 7:30 Breakfast,
8 - 9:30 am class
(413) 596-0006
FREE

How to Get Retirement Benefits You're Entitled To
Jeanne Medeiros, Legal Coordinator, Pension Act Center, UMass Boston Gerontology Institute
12 Noon at Margolis & Bloom, 535 Boylston Street, Copley Sq. Boston
jbm@margolis.com
617/267-9700
FREE

12 - Hampden County Estate Planning Council
Springfield, MA
11:45 am $22.00

US Trust Advisor Series

Boston Harbor Hotel, Rowes Wharf; 7:30 am
Tax & Estate Planning using Roth IRA
(617) 434-7485
FREE

Roth IRAs: Advantages for Clients
Boston Estate Planning Council
Brown Bag Lunch
11:30 am
BinghamMcCutchen. Floor 13
One Federal Street
Boston
$45 non members

13 - Self Directed IRAs: Demystifying Unrelated Business Income Tax
& Unrelated Debt Financed Income
Eric Wickstrom, CPA
UMass Club, 225 Franklin Street, Boston
9 am - 12noon
serena.errico@pensco.com
603-433-2626 ext 5710
FREE
14 15
18 - MLK Day

19 - Massachusetts Special Election Day
US SENATE

MassNAELA Dinner Meeting
Waltham
6:00 PM
MassHealth post approval, over asset, annual review, community spouse, estate recovery
$60 / $85

20 - Statute of Limitations Issues in Estate and Trust Matters
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Mass Bar Assoc
Conf Room 101
20 West Street, Boston
$115 / $160

Insurance Library Assoc. Business Income Insurance
at Hingham Mut. Ins.,9:00 AM to 3:00 PM + Thurs. Jan. 21. Period of indemnity, limit of indemnity, agreed value, extended indemnity, coinsurance
$390 / $360

21 - NELF Wow Program
12 noon - 8 PM Grapevine TX
Trusts and RMD Rules, Family Dynamics
$75.00

22 -Proposed Massachusetts Uniform Trust Code ("MUTC")
Boston Bar Association - 16 Beacon Street
12:30 pm
Raymond Young (Report), Marc . Bloostein, Thomas Jalkut
FREE

NAELA UnProgramGrapevine, TX
Friday-Sat-Sun.

$275 / $375 + Hotel: $139 /night

25 - Heckerling Institute Orlando, Florida. Mon.>> Fri. $930 + hotel

Alzheimer's Caregiver CEU: Caring for People with Alzheimer's Disease:
Nancy Harper, RN; habilitative approach to care environment;
at Orchard Valley, Wilbraham
7:30 am Breakfast,
8 - 9:30 am class
(413) 596-0006
FREE

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28- Estate Planning For Second Marriages

12 Noon - 1:15pm webinar federal estate tax, planning for second marriages
events@estateplanningelderlaw.com
FREE

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