Lynch & Owens Blog

Judicial Roundup: New Judges in Norfolk and Barnstable Probate and Family Courts Coming in 2018 June 11, 2018

Family law attorney Kimberley Keyes reviews Massachusetts Probate and Family Court news in her latest judicial roundup blog. A lot has happened in the world of Massachusetts Probate and Family Court ...

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Appeals Court: Out of Court Agreements to Reduce Child Support Are Not Enforceable, But Some Exceptions Exist June 6, 2018

Attorney Nicole K. Levy reviews a recent Massachusetts Appeals Court decision that may include an incorrect legal standard. This blog started out as an analysis of recent unpublished Appeals Court ...

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Cohabitating Before Marriage Can Increase Alimony Payments in MA May 31, 2018

A recent Appeals Court decision highlights how alimony orders can last longer when spouses lived together (cohabitated) before getting married. In Massachusetts, the length of an alimony order – that ...

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Amended 2018 Child Support Guidelines Will Change Massachusetts Child Support on June 15, 2018 May 22, 2018

Trial Court Department debuts new Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines Worksheet six months after the 2017 Guidelines released. MAY 18, 2018 - BOSTON – Denise Fitzgerald, Manager of Legal Research ...

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Hon. John D. Casey is New Chief of Probate Court and Revised Child Support Guideline Worksheet on Way May 18, 2018

Jason V. Owens offers breaking news in advance of the MCLE Conference, including a new Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court and a new 2017 Child Support Guidelines Worksheet in June. In ...

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The Growing Problem of Digital Spying in Divorce Cases May 15, 2018

Carmela M. Miraglia explores the growing trend of cyber spying and other forms of digital harassment in divorce cases. Distrustful spouses have always spied on each other. In the modern era, however, ...

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