How will the Alimony Reform Act in Mass affect the status of my alimony, given a 32-yr marriage, stay-at-home mom, w/illnesses?

To answer your question specifically, it is not "automatic" that alimony will terminate when your former husband reaches retirement age under the...

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How can I serve my ex-wife for contempt if her address has been impounded by the court (Cambridge Probate Court, Cambridge, MA)?

While there are several approaches you could take in this situation, the fact that there is a restraining order in place that limits your contact...

Under Massachusetts law (M.G.L.A. c. 209C, § 9), a Court "shall ... order past [child] support for the period from the birth of the child to the...

Child support cases involving multi-state jurisdiction can be complicated, but as a threshold matter, under the Uniform Interstate Family Support...

Do I need to go to court to end child support?

Hi there, The law can be a bit confusing in this regard. On the one hand, if the order defines emancipation as the child having a "[p]ermanent...

A couple of issues. First, I am limited generally to commenting on Massachusetts law. If you daughter lives out of state, the adoption laws in...

I sought a modification for child support and alimony. At the pretrial the judge ordered more child support and marked up

You really need to consult an attorney about this issue as soon as possible. The ability to "reverse" or "modify" a binding separation agreement...

If a husband is separated from his wife for seven years... see details below...

In Massachusetts, the law presumes that the husband is the natural father of any child born to his wife if they remain married at the time of the...

There are only two ways to determine what "rightfully" belongs to your husband: his mother's will, or if she died without a will, the intestacy...

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Can a maternal grandparent fight for custody of child if mother wants nothing to do with child? Father has custody.

First, the disclaimer: as an attorney, it's impossible to definitively answer any one sentence question with any kind of certainty. Facts matter. ...