Massachusetts has done away with mandatory parenting classes for divorced parents. Some considered this process archaic, as divorce has become widely socially acceptable and is not necessarily detrimental to a child’s happiness or development. The time when it can be appropriate is during a contested divorce, where custodial or financial decisions cannot be…
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Financial Infidelity In Marriage or Divorce
In the age of cryptocurrency, mobile banking apps, mobile payment apps, and compulsive shopping or gambling issues, financial infidelity may be a major threat to a marriage. It can involve romantic infidelity, having a boyfriend or girlfriend on the side that you’re spending money on or not being true about where the money is going.…
Hidden Business Assets in Divorce
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected every facet of daily life and it has intense repercussions on personal and business finances. For couples facing divorce post Covid, there can be hidden assets and accounts which can impact alimony. A spouse may be dishonest about the state of their finances, and one of the best ways to…
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…
Try This New Tool to Manage Child Support and Alimony
Are you frustrated and overwhelmed with your divorce trying to manage all of the details when it comes to child support and alimony? Well there may be an app for that as the saying goes. And there is. As divorce and family law attorneys we see a lot of tools and aids that people…
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 Handle Pet Custody Battles in Divorce
Are you considering getting a divorce? One question you may have is what will happen to my pets if I get divorced? After ending their six-year marriage, Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams divorce talks stalled over the custody of their eight pets – six cats and two dogs. Mandy kept all of them but negotiated…
Are You Thinking About Getting Divorced? What about a “Sleep Divorce?”
Are you going through a rough patch in your marriage and considering a divorce? It’s possible that you might be able to get a “sleep divorce.” Jacqueline Newman, matrimonial attorney and author of The New Rules of Divorce: 12 Secrets to Protecting Your Wealth, Health, and Happiness, has written about how some couples…
Cryptocurrency and Divorce
In Massachusetts, the Probate and Family Court requires spouses to make a full financial disclosure in a divorce in order for the divorce to be granted. That is accomplished through exchanging Rule 401 Financial Statements, exchanging Rule 410 financial disclosure, and conducting discovery through interrogatories, requests for production of documents, and subpoenas. It’s not uncommon…
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