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# Law Office of John H. Prettyman

Offering Clarity In Uncertain Times

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## Posts

- [Landlord Attestation Form](https://jprettyman.com/2023/02/22/landlord-attestation-form/) - Evicting a residential tenant for not paying rent is a stressful situation for any landlord. A landlord’s sole concern will be to get the tenant out as soon as possible, but there are several hoops to jump through before that is possible. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the standard procedures landlords must follow to evict
- [Reuter v. Methuen: Recent Changes to Wage Law in Massachusetts](https://jprettyman.com/2023/03/20/reuter-v-methuen-recent-changes-to-wage-law-in-massachusetts/) - The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court handed down their opinion in the Reuter v. Methuen, 489 Mass. 465 (2022), case on April 4, 2022. This case establishes a new strict liability standard for employers who fail to pay an employee on their day of termination. Under G.L. c. 149, §148, an employee must be paid in
- [Selling a Tenant-Occupied Property](https://jprettyman.com/2023/04/17/selling-a-tenant-occupied-property/) - Selling property is a long and, at times, frustrating process for any property owner. This is especially true when the property has tenants currently residing on the premises. Landlords often go through the eviction process before they are able to recover the property and eventually sell. If there is no formal lease agreement binding a
- [New Notice to Quit Accompanying Form for Non-Payment of Rent Cases](https://jprettyman.com/2023/12/20/new-notice-to-quit-accompanying-form-for-non-payment-of-rent-cases/) - As we have seen for several years now, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the process for landlords to evict nonpaying tenants. This is why keeping up with the everchanging forms and rules is crucial to starting off an eviction process correctly. In 2020 and as amended in 2021 by the Massachusetts State Legislature, the “Attestation

## Pages

- [Home](https://jprettyman.com/) - The Law Office of John H. Prettyman is a boutique firm providing individualized services, specializing in real estate, probate, and small business.
- [Contact](https://jprettyman.com/contact/) - Address 420 Washington Street, Suite 104 Braintree, MA 02184 Phone (781) 519-9300 Fax (781) 519-9600 Contact Us Please do not include any confidential or sensitive information in this form. This form sends information by non-encrypted e-mail which is not secure. Submitting this form does not create an attorney-client relationship.
- [Practice Areas](https://jprettyman.com/practice-areas/) - Estate Planning / Probate Whether you own or rent property, estates both large and small can benefit from an estate plan. And when the time comes for your loved ones to have to either make decisions on your behalf or settle your estate, an estate plan will help take the guesswork out of the difficult
- [Attorney Bio](https://jprettyman.com/attorney-bio/) - John H. Prettyman Attorney Bar Admission Massachusetts U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts Attorney John Prettyman attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Suffolk University Law School. His practice focuses primarily on civil matters, and he has experience practicing in the Probate and Family Court, the Southeast Housing Court and the District Court on a

## Categories

- [Landlord/Tenant](https://jprettyman.com/category/landlord-tenant/)
- [Real Estate](https://jprettyman.com/category/real-estate/)
- [Employment Law](https://jprettyman.com/category/employment-law/)
- [Wage Act](https://jprettyman.com/category/wage-act/)

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- [Landlord/Tenant](https://jprettyman.com/tag/landlord-tenant/)
- [Eviction](https://jprettyman.com/tag/eviction/)
- [Notice To Quit](https://jprettyman.com/tag/notice-to-quit/)