Charlestown Family Law Blog

As part of your upcoming divorce, you may need to divide up your property, which can include your primary home, your secondary home and your vacation residences if you have them. If this is the case, you will likely have to work out a proper value for each of your...

Your former spouse enjoys taking your 10-year-old son Huey on weekend nature outings. However, he has finally gone too far. Without your permission, he has taken Huey to see Niagara Falls—from the Canadian side. Does the Hague Convention play a role here? About the...

It may go without saying that the most emotionally charged (and potentially contentious) portions of many divorce proceedings in Boston are those related to child custody. Perhaps no issue in such a case highlights the negative feelings former spouses may feel towards...

As with any new lifestyle change, a switch in your career may cause you to reevaluate some facets of your life. If you find that your child support payments do not match your salary, it may be time to look into altering the amount you owe. Petitioning If you are...

When the court orders you to pay alimony or awards you alimony, the order contains specific details about when it ends, how much you must pay and how often to make payments. Even though it is a court order, it does not mean that it cannot change. You have the right,...

Composing your estate plans might have been a difficult enough process, but with a divorce on the horizon, you now have to consider making major changes to those plans. Altering your estate plans to accommodate your divorce is not a task you want to fall through the...

When you and your spouse have children together, the decision to divorce can become even more difficult. Understanding how child custody works in Massachusetts may give you the peace-of-mind you need to move forward with ending your marriage.  Before filing for...

Dating couples considering making the transition to getting married know that event will stimulate a wide array of changes in their lives, including financially. The comingling of assets that commonly accompanies a marriage opens the door to potential challenges if or...

Since the federal legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015, there has been a wide variety of cases that deal with the legal conflicts of that sweeping change and previous language in older statutes. The fight for equality continues but there are ways for couples to...

To go through a divorce is to split all your assets and debts. As you decide who will pay for what and who gets what, the subject of student loan debt may come up in conversation. If you both are responsible for other debts, are you also both responsible for your...