As a Massachusetts parent involved in a divorce that features children, you unquestionably have rights -- strong and plenary -- when it comes to the custody of your offspring.In all but the most extreme circumstances, so, too, does your soon-to-be ex-partner....
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Navigating a Move-Away Child Custody Request
When a divorce reaches a friendly resolution, many people believe that this final agreement will never change; however, like many legal documents, it is possible to amend this agreement. If the divorce process involves children, this isn't that unusual. One of the...
Online presence now routinely scrutinized in a divorce
Think back for a moment to all those western-themed movies of yore where trackers were centrally employed to locate fugitives, lost children and other individuals.Those specialists were akin to diviners, looking at things like broken tree branches, fading footprints...
Have you and your business partners talked about … divorce?
Entrepreneurs in Massachusetts and elsewhere who come together through a linkage of their talents and creative energies obviously discuss a great many things en route to realizing their business vision.It's certainly not hard to envision smart and committed people...
What Happens When Multiple Homes Must be Divided
While many couples will try to resolve a divorce proceeding, amicably, this doesn't mean that the process isn't complicated. When it comes to couples with significant financial resources, it can be challenging to equally divide the assets. There are bank accounts,...
When a family-owned business is at center stage in a divorce
Here's an understatement: "Businesses can become a complicated part of a property dispute during a high-net-worth divorce."That comment comes via our Wellesley family law website at the , where we represent diverse clientele in high-asset...
Do men and women think differently about post-divorce finances?
In considering the above-posed headline for today's blog post, it is easy to see how a slippery slope can quickly emerge when queries focused on just about any subject matter -- and certainly on money -- inject a gender-based element.Indeed, it is certainly the case...
Not always easy: court intervention re parenting decisions
Of course it's a given that parents customarily wield sizable authority over their children and are given broad latitude regarding their determinations on matters focused on discipline, setting boundaries and the proper punishment -- if any -- to dole out when they...
Wrongfully convicted, he won settlement: separate or marital asset?
Although it is certainly not a divorce-related story with a fact pattern readily reminiscent of other dissolution narratives, it is replete with information that an audience in Massachusetts or elsewhere might reasonably regard as being instructive.We'll let our...
Gold digger or valued business contributor? And other questions …
As we prominently note on our family law website at the Wellesley , and have further reinforced in a number of past blog posts, there cannot logically be a so-called "boilerplate" process for every divorce.In a nutshell, every divorce is...
