A Brighter Future Is Within Your Reach
Even after a marriage ends, it is still possible to keep a family together. The best interests of the child should never take a back seat to the parents' egos. When divorce papers are filed, both spouses should consider the welfare of their children. In Massachusetts,...
Marital disputes involving children are common in Massachusetts. In the event of separation and sometimes divorce, a child custody dispute may occur when both parties seek to gain physical custody of their children. A child custody battle can be difficult for...
Parents in Worcester already know that children should be able to learn and grow without having to deal with adult anxieties. After all, when parents constantly argue in front of their children, it can have long-lasting effects on the kids' outlook. Unfortunately,...
Families in Massachusetts may be aware of many of the legal and emotional issues that come with going through a divorce. In particular, when parents deal with child custody, child support or property division, divorcing couples have to make difficult decisions...
A Massachusetts court will soon hear a family law case that has the nation watching. An admitted rapist is trying to gain legal visitation rights to the child he fathered through the statutory rape of a teenage girl. The man was 20 years old when the offense took...
Divorce is rarely an easy process to go through, but it can be even more difficult when the couple share children. Some Massachusetts parents can't imagine being separated from their children and each may want full physical custody. At other times, one parent may use...
The courts in Massachusetts maintain that they make child custody determinations in the best interest of the child or children. A recent case has put that assertion into the spotlight. A mother is once again in probate court seeking to deny child custody to her...
In some areas of law, Massachusetts leads the way -- same-sex marriage for example. In one area of law, Massachusetts could take a lesson from another state's playbook. The issue at hand is that never-married parents, who may have not even had a significant...
