My Husband Won’t Move Out of the Marital House Question: My husband and I own a home. He said he intends to stay in the house until our kids (21&24) move out. I refuse to move and leave him alone in the house. I think we should sell the house and get our own places. […]
Read MoreDoes Massachusetts Support Community Property? When people think of community property, I think that they think of California that it’s 50-50. I’m not a lawyer in California obviously but when people come and question me about that, I think that it’s what they think. No, we’re not a community property state. We rely upon an […]
Read MoreDivorced on the Grounds of Adultery Question: My soon to be ex has filed for divorce and changed the petition from irreconcilable differences to adultery. Does the person I had an affair with need to be named and therefore served with papers? Should they get an attorney? Answer: The grounds of adultery are rare and […]
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Read MoreTreating an Inheritance Upon a Massachusetts Divorce An inheritance in divorce is divided by the court. They have the right to divide it 50-50 or they can allocate it differently. As a general matter, if an inheritance is fairly traceable to the person that received it, then the court would not divide that 50-50 especially […]
Read MoreDo I Get to Keep my Home Upon Divorce? I would say the number one question that people ask me when they are considering a divorce is whether or not they’ll have to leave their house. In my experience, that’s a very hard issue because neither party typically wants to leave their house. Although, often […]
Read MoreWhen Do I Stop Paying Child Support in Massachusetts? Child support is paid until all of the children are emancipated. Emancipation is a term that means that it depends on the child’s age and whether or not they go to college. So if a child is 18, graduated from high school, has not gone on […]
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