Massachusetts Wills, Trusts, and Estates Attorney Danielle G. Van Ess founded DGVE law in Hingham in 2008.
We provide top notch, holistic legal services with empathy in a relaxed, friendly, comfortable, & environmentally conscientious way.
Everyone 18 years old and older needs the right health care directives to make sure that if they are ever in an accident, under anesthesia, or otherwise unable to speak for themselves, the people they trust, and only those people they trust, are able to access all their protected medical information, and make their medical decisions and health care arrangements for them. That generic form booklet in the doctor’s office or hospital is not enough and if it’s an emergency, you want to be able to call the lawyer who prepared the legal documents to help enforce them, fast.
Whether your loved one died with or without a Will, Probate is a formal process that involves petitioning the Court, obtaining a Judge’s permission to serve as Personal Representative (formerly called Executor or Executrix) and waiting for Letters of Authority aka Letters of Administration to be able to access and receive statements and information about bank accounts, credit cards, investment and retirement accounts, and even to access social media accounts after death. The process in Massachusetts is notoriously slow, expensive, public, and unpredictable. We will do everything we can as professionals to help make it easier for you to navigate from start to finish.
The last thing you want to deal with after a loved one dies is sorting through all the financial paperwork and trying to figure everything out on your own. You don’t have to know what’s what or where to start. We will help you organize and explain each of the steps you need to take to properly administer the trust your loved one made so that it works as intended, and so you stay out of trouble in the process of doing your job as a fiduciary serving as the Trustee.
Danielle has the ability to interface at a comfortable level and put information in layman’s language so it is easy to understand. We appreciated her in-depth knowledge about the actual trust and her attention to detail. Danielle is very professional and is surrounded by a tremendous support staff.
Danielle and her staff are wonderful to work with. They are attentive to your needs, timely with responses, thoughtful and caring. The process was easy peasy! Thank you Danielle & staff!.
Highest recommendation on every level. DGVE law - Danielle G. Van Ess and her staff -- are the complete package. Extremely knowledgeable and effective, no-nonsense yet incredibly personable, honest, and ethical, and they always follow through. We felt like we were heard, understood, and advised perfectly.
Danielle is very professional and knowledgeable about everything dealing with estate planning. She and her team are courteous, straightforward, and easy to talk with. I am comfortable knowing everything is in order and I feel I am covered no matter what because of the details and depth of my plan.
Danielle has modern sensibilities. We felt confident and secure throughout the process and are reassured knowing that our plan is completed according to our wishes.
DGVE law helped us create an estate plan for our college freshman, which included financial and healthcare legal documents. The plan was comprehensive and gave us peace of mind. And they were great to work with!
DGVE law is a boutique Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning, Probate, and Trust and Estate Administration law firm founded by top-rated Massachusetts Attorney Danielle G. Van Ess in Hingham in 2008.
We help our clients leave a legacy, rather than a paper mess or infighting, by planning ahead, and we guide surviving loved ones, with compassion and empathy, through the difficult process of wrapping up final affairs after death.
Serving Massachusetts clients all around the Greater Boston area, from the South Shore to the Cape, from MetroWest to the North Shore and back again. We’re worth the drive, but we can condense meetings, and schedule video and phone conferences too.
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