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False Allegations Made in a Divorce in Massachusetts

False Allegations Made in a Divorce in Massachusetts

Deciding child custody arrangements before a divorce can be frustrating when the two parents disagree about how they should be made. If the parents cannot come to a mutually acceptable decision about child custody themselves, or with the help of a counselor and/or...

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Modifications to Alimony Payments in Massachusetts

Modifications to Alimony Payments in Massachusetts

Several circumstances may require a former spouse to request a modification to an alimony order. Some of them include: the reduction or cessation of the income of the paying spouse (e.g., economic difficulties or loss of job not deliberately caused by the paying...

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How Divorce Affects Trusts in Massachusetts

Most couples arrange their financial affairs so that in the event that one of them dies prematurely, the other spouse is the major or only beneficiary. Shared children may change the arrangements that spouses make so that children are taken care of if one or the other...

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Divorce : Filing a Counter Claim in Massachusetts

Divorce : Filing a Counter Claim in Massachusetts

A divorce is often a messy, complicated and stressful business. Decisions have to be made about assets, child custody, child and spousal support. Ideally, these decisions are made rationally and sensibly and an agreement made which suits both parting spouses and made...

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What Does Family Law Cover in Massachusetts?

What Does Family Law Cover in Massachusetts?

Family law is a category of mainly civil law that involves relationships or conflicts between members of a family, e.g. spouses, civil law partnerships, children and parents. Family law cases may overlap with criminal law occasionally, e.g. if there are cases of child...

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COVID-19: Divorce And Custody Issues In Massachusetts

COVID-19: Divorce And Custody Issues In Massachusetts

The coronavirus pandemic continues to have a ripple effect on various aspects of life, placing added strain on marriages and worsening relationships between co-parents. People have lost jobs, shut down their businesses, and watch their loved one's struggle, all due to...

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The Child Custody Order Process in Massachusetts

The Child Custody Order Process in Massachusetts

When couples decide to separate, or when a separation occurs because one of the partners decides to quit for reasons of their own, one of the more difficult sets of decisions that has to be made is what to do about shared children. Who should they live with? Who will...

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Property Separation in a Massachusetts Divorce

Property Separation in a Massachusetts Divorce

Property Separation in a Divorce in Massachusetts The longer a married couple has been together, the more likely that they have acquired property together and their financial affairs have become entwined. This means that if the couple then decides to go through a...

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Vacation Time After Divorce in Massachusetts

Vacation Time After Divorce in Massachusetts

Vacation Time After Divorce in Massachusetts Couples who have a divorce have to think about what they are going to do with their joint children after divorcing. The younger the children are at the time of separation, the greater the potential harmful effect on their...

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