My nonprofit legal aid bureau wishes to terminate my representation. What can I do to stop this?

I think it's important to add one thing that I don't believe has been made clear: the legal services agency you are working with is not required to...

What happens if someone doesn't show up for a court orders paternity test in California? Especially, if the case is a interstate

I assume that the child lives in MA and has for at least 6 months (or if younger than 6 months, was born here and has lived here for most of his or...

As mentioned above, children in MA may be eligible for support up until 23, I only differ from Attorney Matta in that I've noticed judges are...

I have a 13 year old child. Me and the mother lived together for the first 5 years of his life.

Child Support can be backdated in Massachusetts BUT the Court will take into account your voluntary payments. It's a good thing you were paying by...

Can my child support arrears be modified or lessened? My son is 20 and I still owe 10,000. The state is still collecting the sam

Does your son's mother receive any state benefits like Welfare? If so, then the state may be holding on to your payments to pay itself back for...

My ex is trying to gain parental rights to my 3 y.o son but is not on birth certificate so could he get rights to my son?

There may be hope for arguing that even a genetic marker test is against your child's best interests because he already has an established legal...

May a court clinic interfere with a 51A case by the DCF?

The facts you have stated are a bit unclear, and you don't explain what leads you to believe that the court clinic is attempting to interfere with...

If docket number already assigned to a filing by former wife's attorney in Norfolk County does that mean court has been decided.

The person who files is the one who gets to "pick" where the case is heard-- I put the word pick in quotes, because there are rules about where one...

Can I get an annulment or do I need to divorce?

As Attorney Mason has suggested, the annulment may be the more difficult path to follow. I often tell people who call my office that in terms of...

If giving up custody of my two children to my husband can I go back in several years and try to get custody?

There seems to be a lot of information you haven't provided here. You should note that in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, judges generally...