- Divorce
- Corporate LawLaw Office of Deborah Nowell handles simple to complex matters pertaining to Real Estate, Corporate & Business Law, Wills, Trusts and Probate.
- Business Disputes
- Business Transactions9. SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR COMPLIANCE. We call your attention to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 148, You may be required to execute a certification at the closing that you have inspected the installation of the smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and are satisfied as to compliance with this law. You should contact the sellers and insure that they have obtained, and will bring with them, a current certification from the city or town fire department relative to the installation of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. The foregoing may not apply in certain commercial transactions. If you are unsure of the applicability of this law, please check with your counsel or contact our office.
- Real Estate LitigationLaw Office of Deborah Nowell specializes in real estate conveyancing including condo conversions representing buyers, sellers, refinance borrowers and lenders in all of their real estate and mortgage transactions. We work closely with our clients and are responsive to changing circumstances and to difficult time requirements, to ensure that the needs of both our clients and their customers are met. Our full service real estate law practice is equipped and experienced to meet your needs whether you are a buyer, a seller, a lender or a developer.
- Real Estate Transactions10. FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN REAL PROPERTY TAX ACT OF 1980 AS AMENDED: This Federal Law places special requirements for tax reporting and withholding on the parties to a real estate transaction under certain circumstances as set forth in the law. You should seek the advice of your attorney or accountant concerning the effect of this Act on this transaction. You will be required to execute a copy of the enclosed certification under penalty of perjury at the closing. If you do not plan on attending the closing, please be sure that your attorney or agent delivers the fully completed and executed copy of the affidavit along with the deed. The closing attorney for the firm can not and will not provide information, advice or opinions regarding the Act’s applicability to you or to this transaction.
- Easement
- Land Use and Zoning
- Estate PlanningTHE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS INTENDED ONLY TO GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE THREE COMMON WAYS OF HOLDING TITLE AND IS NOT PROVIDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVISING YOU HOW TO TAKE TITLE. IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS DESIRED ABOUT CREDITORS RIGHTS AGAINST THE TITLE, ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES WITH RESPECT TO ESTATE PLANNING AND OTHER PRACTICALITIES, YOU SHOULD SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL FROM YOUR ATTORNEY OR RETAIN AN ATTORNEY FOR ADVICE IN THESE MATTERS.
- WillsLaw Office of Deborah Nowell has years of experience providing cost-effective counsel and guidance to families regarding the procedural and substantive aspects of Wills, Trusts and Probate including representation of clients in will contests and probate litigation.
- TrustsWhile Deborah’s law practice includes the areas of wills and trusts and the probate administration of estates, Deborah’s specialty is as a real estate conveyancing attorney, having closed thousands of real estate transactions, representing mortgage lending institutions and also private buyers and sellers. Deborah’s firm provides superior closing services for clients from the beginning through to the end of the real estate closing process. She is an agent of First American Title Insurance Company, Talan Insurance Agency, United General Title Company and Old Republic Title Company. As an active member of the Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association, the Massachusetts Conveyancers Associations, Deborah is an active member of the community.
- Power of Attorney6. POWER OF ATTORNEY: If there is a power of attorney involved, please send our office a copy of the power of attorney document prior to the closing. The use of the power of attorney will have to be approved by our client and then the form and content thereof must be reviewed by our office. In any event, the deed transferring title from you to the Buyer must be signed by you in the original and notarized.
- Probate
- Bankruptcy
- ForeclosureEven though the buyer may be asked to pay for the lender's title insurance protection, the lender's policy of title insurance does not protect the buyer and a claim can only be made if the lender suffers a financial loss because of a title defect that adversely affects a foreclosure of the buyer's mortgage. There have been many of defects in titles which could not be revealed by an examination of the public records. These defects usually arise at a time after the transaction has taken place and purchasers can suffer significant losses as a result of them. That is why owner's title insurance makes a great deal of sense.
- Tax LawTitle Abstract - Includes the physical review of the title to your property in the Registries of Deeds and Probate, including bankruptcy and tax matters where available.