Jennifer R. Rivett

Jennifer R. Rivett is a Shareholder at Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A. whose practice focuses on estate planning and fiduciary matters. She works with individuals and families at different life stages and wealth levels to identify estate-planning goals and prepare appropriate documents. Her work includes lifetime gifting strategies, business succession planning, probate estate settlement, trust administration, trust settlement, modifications, decanting, and related matters for individual and corporate fiduciaries.

Jennifer earned a J.D., cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School and a B.S., cum laude, from Northeastern University. Her legal education supports a practice involving estate planning, probate, trusts, tax-sensitive wealth transfer, and business succession. She uses this background to help clients coordinate personal planning with business ownership and to guide fiduciaries through the legal duties, documentation, court processes, and decision-making involved in administering estates and trusts.

Jennifer represents individuals and families in estate planning and advises fiduciaries in testate and intestate matters. Her experience includes seeking probate court clarification of a decedent’s intent, defending fiduciaries against breach claims, advising on modification or termination of irrevocable trusts, representing beneficiaries in challenges to fiduciary accountings, and assisting with guardianship proceedings. She also coordinates business succession strategies with personal estate-planning objectives for owners preparing for future transfers or incapacity.

Jennifer R. Rivett is admitted in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine and is affiliated with state and local bar organizations and the New Hampshire Estate Planning Council. She has been included in Best Lawyers in America for Trusts and Estates and previously received New England Rising Stars recognition in estate planning and probate. Her practice combines planning, administration, fiduciary counseling, probate litigation awareness, and business succession work for families and trustees.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A.
• Member, Maine State Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Secretary, Nashua Bar Association (2005 – 2011)
• Member, American Bar Association
• Board Member, Manchester Community Music School (2016)
• Board Member, Nashua Pastoral Care Center (2007 – 2010)
• Board Member, Nashua Adult Learning Center (2006 – 2012)
• Division Committee, Heritage United Way (2009)
• Planned Giving Committee, Nashua Symphony Association (2006 – 2007)
• Member, Leadership Greater Nashua (2005 – 2006)
• Member, New Hampshire Estate Planning Council

Licensed State

• Maine
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire

Education

• Suffolk University Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD) (Cum Laude)
• Northeastern University
  Bachelor of Science (BS) (Cum Laude)

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