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Could Leaving the Marital Home Negatively Impact My Case?
Whether or not you should leave your home before or during the pendency of a divorce or other family court action depends entirely on the circumstances of your case.
How Fast Can You Obtain a Massachusetts Divorce?
The speed in which you can get divorce depends on 2 things: you and the court system.
Does Fault Play a Role in the Divorce?
Here in Massachusetts we have several options when filing for a divorce. We are a “no-fault” state which means that you can get a divorce from your spouse without saying which spouse is to blame for the divorce. This wasn’t always the case historically. Before no-fault divorce was commonplace, couples who wish to divorce must allege one of the causes of divorce. Typically…
Do You Need To Live in Massachusetts to File for Divorce Here?
In order for Massachusetts to take proper jurisdiction (or control) over a divorce case, the parties to the divorce must show that there is an adequate relationship between the parties and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. There are several ways this can be done. If both parties are filing for an uncontested divorce, which means that they will file a Joint Petition for…
Disinheriting a Spouse
Why would a person disinherit a spouse? Can you disinherit a spouse and if so, how? There are a myriad of reasons why someone would want to disinherit a spouse. It might be a second marriage and they think that children from the first marriage should take priority over the new spouse. The spouse might be abusive. They might not trust the…
Massachusetts Divorce and the Military
Members of the military and their families face a unique set of challenges in their service to our country. They may be forced to uproot their lives repeatedly as a service member is moved from base to base stateside, and spouses/parents may spend long periods of time away from their family due to overseas deployments. These unique challenges affect the family not…
How is “Separate Support” different from a legal separation in Massachusetts?
Separate Support is an action that you can file in Probate and Family Court whereby you’re not asking for a Judge to dissolve, end or suspend your marriage, but rather, simply ask that your spouse continue to provide financial support for the family. The act of filing and getting a Separate Support judgment does not alter the terms, rights and responsibilities that…
Can the value of my professional degree be divided in a divorce?
People who have professional or post-graduate degrees often asks the question about the value or worth of their professional degree such as PhD, JD, MD, accounting degree, etc. The facts of each person’s case determines the answer to this question and it also depends on whether you’re asking from the point of view of a property division or issues surrounding alimony and…
Can a Judge Order Us to Stay Together?
We often get calls here at Infinity Law Group asking whether a judge can order a couple to remain together, go to marriage counseling, or otherwise reconcile. These calls most often come in from members of our community who have immigrated to Boston from countries where such orders from a judge are commonplace. Filing for divorce is a difficult and scary process,…
I served my husband/wife with a divorce and they refuse to respond. What can I do?
In order to begin a case in the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court system, you need to file a Complaint. It can be a Complaint for Divorce, or Custody and Support, or Alimony, etc. Once you file the Complaint, the court takes some time to generate a Summons. The Summons along with the Complaint needs to be served on the other party…
