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How can you protect your rights during a divorce settlement?
When high net worth couples divorce, there are significant assets to divide. One spouse may have much greater visibility than the other to available assets, such as in the case of business ownership. Without proper legal representation a spouse without insight into...
How Can You Protect Your Children?
While it’s every parent’s responsibility to act in the best interest of their children, ex-spouses don’t always see eye-to-eye. Legal guidance may be the best way to ensure that your children and their needs are put first and foremost. When a father was unable to...
What struggles do children face during divorce?
When you have one child, that little one usually becomes close to you and your spouse. Finding out that you’re going to divorce can lead to negative emotions for the child. This can be difficult to overcome because they don’t have siblings who are going through the...
When parenting plans hit a hard place, you may need a little give
Parenting plans are hard enough to get right, and providing for every contingency is nearly impossible. Foreseeing the current situation would have taken a masterstroke in planning, but your family can pull through by approaching hard rules with a softer touch....
Can your child decide to live with you or your ex?
After divorce, or during the process, some parents worry that their children are going to pick where they want to live -- and it won’t be with them. For instance, a mother may want to share custody of her son with his father, but she will worry that the boy will...
Child support: How can you make it fair?
When people talk about child support, they often mention not getting enough or worrying that they won’t receive it. What isn’t discussed as much is how much child support is actually too much. This is something that varies by the situation, but most people would agree...
Can I move to another state with the kids after a divorce?
For many people, divorce can be like a fresh start. While the process is often difficult and emotional, by the time everything is over, you’re probably ready to get on with your life and start anew. But what happens if those plans include moving to another state? And...
How your lawyer can help you succeed at divorce mediation
Mediation has become a popular alternative to litigated divorce. Instead of arguing over the end of the marriage in court, a couple can privately negotiate and set their own terms with the help of a professional mediator, allowing for a faster and potentially more...
Should you waive future alimony?
Alimony, which is support paid to an economically disadvantaged spouse after a divorce, can understandably become a huge bone of contention during divorce. So you might be relieved to find out that you and your spouse have incomes that are close enough together that...
How much alimony do the Massachusetts courts order in a divorce?
When one spouse makes substantially more than the other, that can lead to greater financial issues for the spouse with less earning potential after a divorce. Particularly if that spouse stayed out of the workforce to care for the family home or to raise children, it...
