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In Massachusetts Adultery is a Crime!?
Despite the tone of the title, I knew adultery is still a crime in Massachusetts but was quite shocked when my twitter friend, Corine K. Claxton (criminal attorney in Worcester, MA) sent me the court opinion of the last criminal adultery trial in Massachusetts. [COMMONWEALTH v. JUDITH STOWELL] The last adultery case to be tried criminally was in 1983. The woman, Judith,…
Name Change After a Divorce
Many women assume their husband’s last name when they get married. As a result, when they get divorced from their husbands, most want to change it back to their maiden name. There are two options: you can either change it back to a maiden (or any other name) or you could keep your soon-to-be-ex husband’s name. Contrary to what some people might…
New Probate and Family Court Rules
Starting May 1, 2009, the Probate and Family Court will adopt several new rules to the existing Rules of Domestic Relations. Rule 4(d)(4) has been amended to require only one publication in the event of an alternative service summons (as oppose to 3 publications in the past) Rule 56 has been amended to allow Summary Judgment in all cases except for those…
Divorcing the Wealthy
This is an excerpt from The Consumerist today: When multi-millionaire fund manager Brian Myerson negotiated his divorce, he gave cash and assets to his wife and just took shares in his company as his portion of the joint assets. Cute, right? Well, this is one risk that didn’t pay off for the edgy activist investor: his company’s shares subsequently plummeted 90%, leaving…
How to Divorce an Out-of-Country Spouse
If you are living in Massachusetts and you are married to someone who lives outside of this country, can you get a divorce? The short answer is yes. The requirement for getting a divorce in Massachusetts is that one of the parties to a divorce must have resided in the commonwealth for the past year. You go about the divorce process just…
