Tag Archives: child custody
New Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines
September 15, 2017 is the effective date of the new 2017 Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines. These new Guidelines may be important for you to review due to the new calculations that will determine child support obligation. This is particularly important for those of you who have a child or children in college due to the […]
Parenting Time and the Holidays
I was in Essex Probate and Family Court this week and seeing the lines going out the door reminded me that sharing time with your children during the holidays is easier said than done. The probation departments are overflowing with distressed moms and dads, either armed with lawyers or not, waiting to meet with the […]
Giving Thanks
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you from all of us!
Child Support in Massachusetts
Are you familiar with child support laws in Massachusetts? I invite you to look at my website for information or call me to schedule a consultation to review the specifics of your unique situation.
HOLIDAYS AND PARENTING PLANS
Being in the Essex and Middlesex Probate Courts last week and seeing the lines going out the door reminded me that sharing time with your children during the holidays is easier said than done. The probation departments are overflowing with distressed moms and dads, either armed with lawyers or not, waiting to meet with the […]
Massachusetts Divorce Trials
SERIES: YOUR DIVORCE WILL NOT SETTLE, SO THE JUDGE ASSIGNS YOU TO TRIAL There are certain cases that I get every year in which the parties are so intransient and emotionally dug in, that the divorce will not settle. These are the cases that usually involve one of the following: sole physical and/or sole legal […]
Child Support- Massachusetts
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
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
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 […]
Child Visitation and Divorce Cases in MA
The term visitation is becoming archaic in divorce actions. With the increasing involvement of both parties with the children of their relationship, the more appropriate term to use is “parenting plan”. In other words, taking into account the age and needs of the child as well as the schedules of the child and the parents, […]
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