Congratulations! You’re engaged. You’re on your way to walking down the aisle on the happiest day of your life. There’s a lot to do to plan for the wedding. Find a location, book a caterer, find a dress, pick out a cake, and oh so much more. But there’s one more thing engaged couples should…
Family Law
How to Discuss a Prenuptial Agreement with your Fiancée
Have you been thinking about discussing a prenup with your fiancée? Do you want to have one? Are you concerned that your future spouse or their family wants you to have one? A prenup (prenuptial agreement) is usually the last thing that an engaged couple wants to think about. However, it can be a valuable…
Vaccination and divorce
Major decisions such as non-emergency medical treatment, counseling, school choice and religious upbringing often come up between custodial parents’ post-divorce. If only one parent has sole custody, they are able to make all the decisions and are deemed the “custodial parent”. It has become more common over the last 30 years for parents to have…
High Net Worth Divorce – What Can We Learn from the Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Divorce
Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from her husband of 7 years, rapper, Kanye West. The divorce is “amicable” and “irreconcilable differences” were stated as the reason for the breakup. What lessons can we learn from this celebrity divorce? It’s clear that even among celebrities money doesn’t always bring happiness. And this is just as…
Prenuptial Agreements are Like Fire Insurance
Prenuptial Agreements can be delicate subjects, but they can help protect your interests when embarking on a marriage, where one party has significantly more assets than the other. As family law attorneys we encounter many couples that do not see a divorce coming and feel hurt and blindsided by one partner who wants to divorce.…
DIVORCE MEDIATION, FAST, INEXPENSIVE AND THOROUGH
Are you thinking about getting a divorce? Or have you started the divorce process, but your divorce has been stalled due to the pandemic? Are you waiting for a court date that is far off or concerned about the impact of time will have for your divorce then you might consider mediation? Mediation can often…
How to Ask Your Soon to be Spouse for a Pre-nup
For many people, falling in love and preparing for marriage is a process that is so wonderful that they lose sight of the harsh reality that anything can happen and marriages often end. Therefore, the idea of a Pre-Nup is many times not spoken of, as it implies that there is a possibility that the…
The Legal Status of Parent Coordinators in Massachusetts- An Update
In 2014 we blogged about the legal status of Parent Coordinators in Massachusetts. The article was written just after the Supreme Judicial Court decided the case of Bower v. Bournay-Bower. However, since that decision came down in September 2014, a lot has changed. For those who do not know what a Parenting Coordinator is, a…
Creating New Holiday Traditions for Children After a Divorce
Divorce is difficult for anyone, but it can be especially difficult for children. Once parents decide to divorce, the children then have to face the reality of their parents no longer living under the same roof. This is a difficult transition for almost all children, but it can be especially difficult at the holidays. Parents…
Mediating Your Prenuptial Agreement
When a couple is engaged and planning their wedding it is a happy time in each of their lives, perhaps the best of times. Consideration of a divorce is probably not an option at this point. However, with the national divorce rate being somewhere above 50%, it is something an engaged couple should consider and…
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