Margaret L. Cross-Beliveau

Margaret L. Cross-Beliveau is an attorney with Beliveau Law Group in Waltham, Massachusetts, where she focuses on estate planning, elder law, long-term care planning, probate and trust administration, and tax matters. She joined the firm in 2010. Her work includes asset protection planning, MassHealth applications and fair hearings, estate and trust administration, and federal and Massachusetts estate tax returns. She also handles gift tax returns and planning involving family business entities.

Cross-Beliveau earned an accounting degree from Millsaps College, a J.D. from Tulane University School of Law, and an LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University School of Law. Her education combines accounting, general legal training, and advanced tax study. That background directly supports estate planning work involving tax returns, valuation issues, asset protection structures, and the administration of estates and trusts. It also provides a foundation for evaluating planning choices that can affect long-term care and family wealth.

Cross-Beliveau has experience implementing asset protection plans and family business entities, including Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies. Her practice includes Medicaid and MassHealth planning, applications for long-term care benefits, appeals involving denied Medicaid benefits, probate and trust administration, and estate and gift tax compliance. She works with clients on legal and tax issues that can arise when families plan for incapacity, long-term care, wealth transfer, and the administration of property after death.

Margaret L. Cross-Beliveau is admitted in Massachusetts and Louisiana and is active in the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Her combined training in accounting, law, and taxation supports a practice that crosses estate planning, elder law, administration, and tax compliance. She helps clients address planning structures, benefit-related issues, estate settlement, and tax responsibilities with attention to the legal and financial details that shape long-term family and asset decisions.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Beliveau Law Group, LLC
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, Louisiana State Bar Association
• Active Member, Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)

Licensed State

• Massachusetts
• Louisiana

Education

• Boston University School of Law
  Master of Laws (LLM)
• Tulane University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Millsaps College
  Accounting degree

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