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What marriage should mean

I’ve been posting a lot here recently about marriage despite this being a blog about divorce.  But obviously divorce and marriage is related.  As a divorce attorney, I don’t celebrate at the final divorce hearing when my clients get a divorce.  My job is a necessary evil.  Divorce happens and it is the role of the divorce attorney to help lay a…

Should Anonymous Sperm Donors Pay Child Support?

In a novel case that’s being heard by the Court of Appeals here in Massachusetts, a woman who had 2 daughters through artificial insemination is demanding that her anonymous sperm donor’s identity be revealed so that she could establish paternity, child support and obtain medical information.  The case is on appeal from Boston, Suffolk County probate court. [article here] Sperm banks’ list…

Genetic Sexual Attraction vs. Incest

I just read a story about a woman in Detroit who gave her son up for adoption 10-years ago, only to now track him down and had sex with him. [article from mlive.com].  At first, this just seems like a case of a deranged woman who forced her son to commit incest.  However, while reading this story, it reminded me of a…

Information to bring to your divorce consultation

You’re ready to get a divorce and you’ve gone as far as setting up a consultation with a divorce attorney.  These are a short list of items you should bring with you to your initial consultation with a divorce lawyer.  Doing so will make it easier for the attorney to access marital property and give you a good idea as to what…

It’s illegal to live together after divorce!

That’s right folks.  It is illegal in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to continue to live or reside together after a husband and wife (or a same-sex couple) obtains a divorce from the probate and family courts.  It is considered adultery and as I wrote a few months back, adultery is illegal in Massachusetts. In light of the recession and having personally represented…