Infinity Law Group LLC
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…
Moving out of Massachusetts with my child
Let’s assume that you’re in a situation where you either share equal or close to equal parenting time with your child’s other parent OR you’re the primary caretaker but the other parent still has parenting time and share legal custody of your child. And for whatever reason, you now want to move away from Massachusetts and take your child with you. What…
Does the financial stability of my spouse affect child custody?
A question that I get asked very often with divorce and legal separation in Massachusetts is: “If I’m in a better financial position to take care of my child, and the other parent cannot provide for them, shouldn’t I get custody?” That question is very complex because it depends on the severity of the financial issues and the history of the family. All…
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…
