When your divorce ends up in court, you face the prospect of a lengthy, financially, and emotionally draining process. Often, even years after judgment, you may have to continue fighting your former spouse over ongoing custody, child support, or alimony issues. There is a much better way.
Mediation...
Since 2003, LGBTQ+ couples have been entitled to the same rights and protections as heterosexual couples under Massachusetts law. When it comes to divorce, LGBTQ+ couples have all of the same issues to contend with as heterosexual couples such as the division of assets,...
If you are getting divorced or have another family law issue such as contempt or modification of custody, parenting time, child support, or alimony, you may think mediation can’t work for you and that your only option is going to court, or your case is already in court. The following facts may...
Even when you and your spouse are amicable, the divorce process can be emotionally and financially challenging. Mediation can help you better navigate through this difficult time for many reasons. It is much faster than going to court in a contested divorce, which can take years, it is far less costly when...
Imagine the following scenario: every few days you have to pack up your clothes, effects, and important documents, put them in your car, and go sleep in a different house. Then after a few days, just when you are getting comfortable, you have to pack up your clothes, effects, and important documents...
In Massachusetts, application of the “best interests” standard by the Probate and Family Courts has evolved towards the working presumption that most parents should have joint legal custody of their children and that in general, children are best served by having ample or equal amounts of parenting time with both parents—divorced parents,...
Filing for a contested divorce in Probate and Family Court during the best of times is time consuming, expensive, and stressful. With the onset of COVID-19, AKA Coronavirus, we are suddenly living in a time of great fear and uncertainty. Ordinary life has come to a grinding halt. On March 18, 2020,...
You and your spouse have chosen to mediate your divorce because you wish to avoid the expense, acrimony, and publicity of litigation. You may hire an attorney-mediator who can assist your negotiation, educate you about the law, and draft your separation agreement in a streamlined process. Or you...
The following article proposes an intriguing hybrid of collaborative law and mediation: http://www.divorcemediationtexas.com/blogs/collaborative-mediation-new-divorce-solution. Thoughts, anyone?
There are many reasons parties might choose to enter prenuptial agreements, for example: to protect assets for children from a previous marriage; prevent a family-owned business from being dissolved; keep separate family estates, inheritances, trusts or funds which may be held in name only; or to shield assets where one spouse has...
