Category SJC of Massachusetts

LANDMARK SJC DECISION INVOLVING THE RIGHTS OF A NON BIOLOGICAL PARTY TO DECLARE HERSELF THE PRESUMPTIVE PARENT OF A CHILD

October 4, 2016 · by · in Andover MA Divorce Attorney, Cambridge MA Divorce Attorney, Divorce Attorney MA, DOMA, Equal Rights, Essex County Divorce, Family Law Attorney, Gay Marriage, GLAD, Joint Custody, Law Office of Philip J. Byers, Same Sex Custody Cases, Same Sex Marriage, SJC of Massachusetts · Leave a comment

A historical and remarkable decision has been issued today by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, entitled Karen Partanen v. Julie Gallagher, posted October 4, 2016, authored by Justice Lenk which addresses the legally enforceable rights of a non biological person in a same sex relationship in the midst of litigating the respective rights to the […]

New Massachusetts SJC Cases RE: Alimony

January 30, 2015 · by · in alimony attorney, alimony reform, Divorce Attorney MA, Essex County Divorce, family law attorney ma, Law Office of Philip J. Byers, middlesex County Divorce, New Massachusetts Alimony Statute, SJC of Massachusetts, Worcester county alimony · Leave a comment

QUARE:   WILL AN ALIMONY ORDER CONTAINED IN A DIVORCE JUDGMENT ENTERED PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT DATE IN 2012 OF THE ALIMONY REFORM ACT, IN AND OF ITSELF, BE A SUFFICIENT REASON TO TERMINATE THAT ALIMONY ORDER? For those of you who have been reading my articles describing the New Alimony Reform Act of 2011, the […]