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Probate and Family Court Co-Parent Education Course Effective November 1, 2023

Effective November 1, 2023, the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court has reinstated a parent education course requirement for divorcing and other partners (such a paternity matters) with Standing Order 3-2023 (here). Required parent education courses were the norm pre-covid but prior requirements were withdrawal for the last few years. The new requirements, which not long, are quite detailed. The course

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The most important part of your divorce?

Over the years I have spoken to 1,000s of people who are either 1) thinking about divorce, 2) actively engaged in getting divorced, or 3) trying to address some piece/s of their divorce due to a problem or change that occurred afterwards. And interestingly, although the folks in these three categories all have VERY different circumstances and of course are

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Recording: Managing Custody Cases From Home and the COVID-19 Impact

Live Stream Zoom Seminar: Managing Custody Cases From Home and the COVID-19 Impact YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVr8hdEadMU&t=14s Date: May 27, 2020 Participants: David Bilodeau (https://www.massachusetts-divorce.com/attorneys/david-m-bilodeau) Hon. Judge Spencer Kagan (Ret.) (private mediator email: Kaganmediation@gmail.com) Patricia Brady (Guardian ad litem & Parenting Coordinator: http://www.patriciabradyandassoc.com/) Mary Ferriter (https://www.ebjmlaw.net/boston-attorney/mary-m-ferriter/)

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Divorcing parents and children still may see one another every day

“The children didn’t ask for this divorce” shared the premier plasterer who scheduled his day around meeting the children at their buses after school, doing homework with them at their Mother’s home, until she returned from her corporate job. A CFO of his company delivered the two children to school and picked them up five days a week. They did

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Proposed Bill to Allow Pre 2012 Alimony Orders to Terminate at Retirement

Massachusetts Representative John Fernandes recently (February 19, 2016) filed House Bill HD4546 which if enacted would now allow alimony orders which were entered into prior to 2012 to terminate upon the Federal Age of Retirement per Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 208 Section 49. This proposed bill is in direct response to what many believed to be a surprising ruling by the Massachusetts

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Mediating or Arbitrating Temporary Orders

The traditional start to a divorce case in Massachusetts is the filing of a complaint, service of a summons and scheduling of temporary orders. The temporary orders are designed to tide over the parties with custody and financial orders that maintain the status quo, or at least the peace, until the case is ready for trial. In Massachusetts a contested

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Hassey v. Hassey, 85 Mass.App.Ct. 518 (June 25, 2014)

This case involves an 21-year marriage in which Husband was the primary wage earner and Wife, excluding a brief stint in the late 80s, worked solely in the home. During the marriage, Husband invested in and obtained a greater interest in his dental practice – creating a difficult to estimate income stream which could continue to grow in the future.

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BBA Talk on Income from Pass-Through Entities

On Tuesday November 3, 2015 at 5:30pm (at the Boston Bar Association on Beacon Street in Boston) I will be giving a talk with financial expert Robert Stankus from CBIZ Tofias about the implications of income from a pass-through entity. This is a challenging but interesting topic that can cause fits to practitioners and the Court as they try to address the interplay

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Probate and Family Court Co-Parent Education Course Effective November 1, 2023

Effective November 1, 2023, the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court has reinstated a parent education course requirement for divorcing and other partners (such a paternity matters) with Standing Order 3-2023 (here). Required parent education courses were the norm pre-covid but prior requirements were withdrawal for the last few years. The new requirements, which not long, are quite detailed. The course

Read More ➔

The most important part of your divorce?

Over the years I have spoken to 1,000s of people who are either 1) thinking about divorce, 2) actively engaged in getting divorced, or 3) trying to address some piece/s of their divorce due to a problem or change that occurred afterwards. And interestingly, although the folks in these three categories all have VERY different circumstances and of course are

Read More ➔

Recording: Managing Custody Cases From Home and the COVID-19 Impact

Live Stream Zoom Seminar: Managing Custody Cases From Home and the COVID-19 Impact YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVr8hdEadMU&t=14s Date: May 27, 2020 Participants: David Bilodeau (https://www.massachusetts-divorce.com/attorneys/david-m-bilodeau) Hon. Judge Spencer Kagan (Ret.) (private mediator email: Kaganmediation@gmail.com) Patricia Brady (Guardian ad litem & Parenting Coordinator: http://www.patriciabradyandassoc.com/) Mary Ferriter (https://www.ebjmlaw.net/boston-attorney/mary-m-ferriter/)

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Divorcing parents and children still may see one another every day

“The children didn’t ask for this divorce” shared the premier plasterer who scheduled his day around meeting the children at their buses after school, doing homework with them at their Mother’s home, until she returned from her corporate job. A CFO of his company delivered the two children to school and picked them up five days a week. They did

Read More ➔

Proposed Bill to Allow Pre 2012 Alimony Orders to Terminate at Retirement

Massachusetts Representative John Fernandes recently (February 19, 2016) filed House Bill HD4546 which if enacted would now allow alimony orders which were entered into prior to 2012 to terminate upon the Federal Age of Retirement per Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 208 Section 49. This proposed bill is in direct response to what many believed to be a surprising ruling by the Massachusetts

Read More ➔

Mediating or Arbitrating Temporary Orders

The traditional start to a divorce case in Massachusetts is the filing of a complaint, service of a summons and scheduling of temporary orders. The temporary orders are designed to tide over the parties with custody and financial orders that maintain the status quo, or at least the peace, until the case is ready for trial. In Massachusetts a contested

Read More ➔

Hassey v. Hassey, 85 Mass.App.Ct. 518 (June 25, 2014)

This case involves an 21-year marriage in which Husband was the primary wage earner and Wife, excluding a brief stint in the late 80s, worked solely in the home. During the marriage, Husband invested in and obtained a greater interest in his dental practice – creating a difficult to estimate income stream which could continue to grow in the future.

Read More ➔

BBA Talk on Income from Pass-Through Entities

On Tuesday November 3, 2015 at 5:30pm (at the Boston Bar Association on Beacon Street in Boston) I will be giving a talk with financial expert Robert Stankus from CBIZ Tofias about the implications of income from a pass-through entity. This is a challenging but interesting topic that can cause fits to practitioners and the Court as they try to address the interplay

Read More ➔

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