As an advocate and litigator, although I have always enjoyed spirited legal argument, I have been fundamentally troubled by negative aspects of civil and family law litigation that sometimes can occur:...
In case the Child Support Guidelines have not yet made this fact clear enough, everything, everything, everything a party earns may be considered income for purposes of child support calculation. In Hoegen v. Hoegen, 89 Mass. App. Ct. 6 (2016), the Appeals Court reversed a Probate Court decision that a father was not obligated...
Trusts are a source of much uncertainty in division of marital assets, calling for caution and compromise by divorcing parties. Nowhere is that principle better illustrated than in the case of Pfannenstiehl v. Pfannenstiehl, a case initially decided by the Massachusetts Appeals Court, 88 Mass. App. Ct. 121 (2015), and recently overturned by...
Why it's hard to force a soon-to-be ex-spouse to leave the marital home -- and why that spouse should leave anyway.
You are getting divorced. You and your spouse are living in marital misery, hiding from each other in your own home, barely speaking, or only engaging in...
Having independent counsel will help you be sure that your agreement is fair, complete, and enforceable.
You and your spouse/ex-spouse have made the rational decision to mediate your divorce or modification to avoid the cost, stress, loss of privacy, and uncertainty of litigation. You think you agree on the major...
