It seems like only yesterday that you are cutting the cake, putting on the veil and the best man or maid of honor is telling a mildly inappropriate joke to a room of your family and closest friends. You have made the decision to separate from your significant other, or you have been served with […]
I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be assuming the Co-Chair of the BBA Communications Committee where we publish a quarterly newsletter on Family Law. Please see link here: https://www.bostonbar.org/sections/family-law/family-law-newsletter
In the first of a few recent cases the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that temporary alimony is not to be included in the durational limits of permanent alimony absent unfair delay by the recipient spouse or an unusually long duration of temporary alimony. This case clarifies that there is in fact temporary alimony and that […]
In Silva v. Carmel, the SJC held that an abuse prevention order, more commonly known as a restraining order, does not apply in a group home setting. Looking at the strict elements of the statute, because they were not family members or in an intimate relationship, the protection of the restraining order would not apply. […]
Veterans Legal Services provides free legal advice and representation to homeless and low-income veterans. They also provide legal advice and representation to individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Veterans Legal Services relies on the support of their generous donors so they can continue to offer critical legal services to those […]
His voice thick with emotion, Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday again toured the National Domestic Violence Hotline he helped create, calling victims of such abuse “prisoners in plain sight.” Housed in an unmarked building in suburban Austin, the hotline was founded in 1996, two years after Congress approved the federal Violence Against Women Act, […]
Today is the day that the new Child Support Guidelines take effect in Massachusetts. These new guidelines include some changes that are important to know about if you have a legal issue related to the amount child support that you pay, or the amount that you receive as a parent. The Child Support Guidelines help […]
I have been working with triangle and EPIC on a new logo for handicapped individuals. It is beginning to get some traction. Check out the news report here. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/york-city-imagines-handicapped-sign-19304095.
One of the issues that crops up frequently when I am advising potential clients of their legal options is the availability of ADR or alternative dispute resolution. ADR can offer a potential or current client an alternate path to the cost, time, and stress of traditional litigation. As a trained mediator in addition to my […]
In a recent SJC position, in Moreno v. Naranjo, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that it was improper for a district court judge to makes inquires related to family visitation in considering a 209A Abuse Prevention Order. The purpose of a prevention order is to protect the plaintiff. I often will advise clients that […]
