Most couples who have been married for long periods of time have invested large amounts of time, effort and expense in their relationship. This process of creating a life together generally combines their emotional and financial assets. However, having large amounts...
Protecting Individuals, Families And Children Every Step Of The Way
Month: April 2017
Truly, work on that communication if you’re divorced and have kids
Clarion call to all divorced parents who, while loving their kids to an inestimable degree, couldn't stand their former partner in the months prior to dissolution and still feel the same way now: suck it up.It's not about you. Not even remotely. After all, you and...
Court rulings lining up in favor of same-sex couples
To say that progress for same-sex and other so-called "nontraditional" families in Massachusetts and across the country has been steady and problem-free in family law matters would of course be a flatly fantastic statement not remotely grounded in reality.In fact,...
Fair property division in divorce: evaluating claim of “genius”
Massachusetts courts and those in most other American states employ a so-called "equitable property division" scheme when evaluating how marital property should be distributed in a divorce.For myriad reasons (especially in a high-asset decoupling involving multiple...
Phenomenon: reports of spiking marriage applications, prenups
In recent months and in multiple places across the country, city clerks have been noting amped-up numbers relevant to marriage license applications.The Boston Globe reports, for example, an impressive 20-percent jump in license filings between last November and the...