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Same Sex Marriage

January 18, 2015 · by · in Andover MA Divorce Attorney, Cambridge MA Divorce Attorney, Divorce Attorney MA, Divorce Trials, Essex County Divorce, Family Law Attorney, family law attorney ma, Gay Marriage, Law Office of Philip J. Byers, LGBT, MA Divorce Attorney, MA Family Law Attorney, middlesex County Divorce, New Massachusetts Alimony Statute, Post Divorce Modification, Salem MA, Same Sex Marriage, United States Supreme Court, Worcester county alimony · Leave a comment

I will be participating in preparing briefs on behalf of the amicus committee for the AAML for the oral arguments in D.C. for this VERY exciting case. @nytimes http://t.co/yJP2GHDlvb #divorce # familylaw

RESTRICTIONS ON RIGHTS OF GAYS TO MARRY IN PENNSYLVANIA SWEPT AWAY

May 29, 2014 · by · in American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Andover MA, Cambridge MA, Divorce Attorney, Divorce Attorney MA, Essex County, Family Law Attorney, Gay Marriage, Law Office of Philip J. Byers, LGBT, MA, MA Divorce Attorney, MA Family Law Attorney, Middlesex County, Probate Court of MA, Salem MA, Same Sex Marriage, United States Supreme Court · Leave a comment

Noted in this brief article in the New York Times, Pennsylvania’s being the last state in the Northeast and the 19th state in the U.S. to recognize the rights of Gays and Lesbians to marry.  There was a time when Jim Crow laws in the South and segregation throughout our country was pervasive.  During the […]

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!

DOMA no more!

June 27, 2013 · by · in appeals, DOMA, Equal Rights, Federal Rights, Probate, SCOTUS, Uncategorized, United States Supreme Court · Leave a comment

While we catch our breath from this whirlwind week of SCOTUS decisions, I thought I would take a moment to share the direct link to the text of the Windsor decision. This landmark 5-4 decision holds that “DOMA is unconstitutional as a deprivation of the equal liberty of persons that is protected by the Fifth […]

DO ALL MARRIED COUPLES HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS?

January 25, 2013 · by · in DOMA, Equal Rights, Family Law, Federal Rights, Fourteenth Amendment, LGBT, litigation, United States Supreme Court · Leave a comment

The Constitution of the United States of America guarantees its citizens equal protection Fourteenth Amendment The Fourteenth Amendment has been frequently used in landmark decisions granting citizens of this country in different states those federally guaranteed rights in criminal prosecutions such as right to counsel, right to a jury trial, and right to confront witnesses. […]