If you received a CWOF on 09/24/2012 you will be on probation until 9/24/2013, with montly probation fees due to the probation office for the year...

As indicated by my colleague, there is only a $5.00 court-filing fee associated with a Contempt action. (Of course, there will also be a fee for...

Can I get any relief from Mass - Dept Of Revenue with arrears?

I am a former DOR Attorney, having worked in Essex County for 3 years. There are too many issues to address in your dense question, but I will...

I am prose (plaintiff in a divorce trial. Is there a second chance at the end to call witnesses? Or do I have to do it first?

Plaintiff presents their case first, and then the defense is allowed to present their case. If your husband is not called in his case-in -chief,...

I am a former DOR Child Support Enforcement Attorney. If you do not currently have the DOR involved in this matter, you should so as once. The...

I do not know a judge in the Commonwealth that would allow your attorney - under these circumstances - to withdraw from representation. Most...

Is an opposing attorney allowed to contact a state employee who's agency is represented by in house counsel about the case?

The SJC has recently looked at Rule 4.2 and defined it - explicitly - as it applies to Massachusetts. Kindly look at Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky,...

If there is an order for child support and it wasn't paid can you go after it at any time?

There are numerous issues raised in this question. First, I should inform you that I am a former DOR Attorney, having worked there as a Child...

How can i get past due child support that my sons father refuses to pay?

I am a former DOR Child Support Enforcement Attorney. First, you ask two very distinct questions: (1) how do you enforce a court order for child...

When filling out a financial statement and you are married, do you show your assets at 1/2 of everything?

I am assuming that your former husband has remarried, and this is why he has apparently put a 1/2 in front of all of his assets. In any event, I...