The Massachusetts Homestead Act allows homeowners to shield up to $500,000 of equity in their principal place of residence from claims from unsecured creditors (i.e. credit card debt).Even in those circumstances where the property is held in a trust, the...
In an attempt to strike a balance between a debtor's right to the "fresh start" contemplated in the Bankruptcy Code and a creditor's right to collect on secured debt, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (the "SJC") has squarely held that a judicial lien survives...
This post was written by Jameson C. Billings, a Dartmouth College junior who worked at during the fall of 2014. As we conduct more business over email, electronic contracts are becoming commonplace--and in many cases they are legally...
