Monthly Archives: August 2013

Child Support- Massachusetts

August 22, 2013 · by · in Andover MA, Cambridge MA, Child Support, children, custody, divorce, Divorce Attorney, Essex County, Family Law, Family Law Attorney, Joint Custody, Middlesex County, Parenting Plans, Parenting Time, Salem MA, Sole Custody, Worcester MA · Leave a comment

Child support is an issue that has received a great deal of attention and revamping in the last two decades. Whether you are the person who pays or will receive payment, you will want to understand this important issue. The federal government, in order to bring the states into line on the child support issue, […]

New Website- Philip J. Byers

August 14, 2013 · by · in 209A, Alimony, Andover, Andover MA, appeals, Cambridge MA, Child Support, children, cohabitation, contempts, current events, custody, divorce, Divorce Attorney, DOMA, Equal Rights, Essex County, Family Law, Family Law Attorney, Grandchildren, Grounds for Divorce, Joint Custody, MA, mediation, Middlesex County, modification, New Massachusetts Alimony Statute, Parenting Plans, Parenting Time, paternity, Post Divorce Modification, Salem MA, Sole Custody, United States Supreme Court, Worcester MA · Leave a comment

We are very proud of our new website http://www.philipjbyers.com and hope you will view it and let us know what you think. We especially want to thank Dr. Aaron Pollock, draaronpollock@gmail.com, who designed and implemented it for us. He did an AMAZING job and was a pleasure to work with!

Paternity Cases in Massachusetts

August 1, 2013 · by · in Andover MA, Cambridge MA, Child Support, custody, Essex County, Family Law, Family Law Attorney, Joint Custody, Middlesex County, Parenting Plans, Parenting Time, paternity, Probate, Salem MA, Sole Custody, Worcester MA · Leave a comment

There has been a proliferation of paternity cases in the probate court. These cases arise when the parties are not married but have a child together. When I first started practicing law in the 1970’s, paternity meant blood tests and criminal non-support complaints issued by the district court. In today’s world where paternity filings exceed […]