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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
This comes up all the time in divorce and separation agreements – what do we do with any left over money that may be in our child/ren’s 529 accounts? In the past this topic would generate more discussion that you may think. There are a lot of options for monies still remaining in a 529 after college is complete. One
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
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/)
So I woke up this morning to find the Best Lawyers insert in the Globe. I am”Lawyer of the Year” for Collaborative Family Law in the Boston Area. Better than being left out of the publication altogether (which happened several times because I ignored their emails). If anyone besides my family and co-workers notices this award, or notices this post,
After months of uncertainty and differences between the House and Senate versions we now have a final decision on how the new tax law will deal with alimony. The tax deduction for alimony is unchanged until January 1, 2019. After that alimony will no longer be tax deductible. An agreement or judgment providing for alimony prior to that date will
“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
Just finished reading the morning paper about all the lobbying to change the new tax proposal. There was no talk about saving the deductibility of alimony. I was unaware until the draft bill came out that eliminating the alimony deduction was being proposed. This will be catastrophic for families dependent on receiving alimony or unallocated support. The elimination of the
We have just uploaded a new Supreme Judicial Court Alimony case (Docket: SJC – 12240) that discusses percentage alimony orders. You can see it here: DEREK L. YOUNG vs. JOY G. YOUNG
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
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
This comes up all the time in divorce and separation agreements – what do we do with any left over money that may be in our child/ren’s 529 accounts? In the past this topic would generate more discussion that you may think. There are a lot of options for monies still remaining in a 529 after college is complete. One
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
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/)
So I woke up this morning to find the Best Lawyers insert in the Globe. I am”Lawyer of the Year” for Collaborative Family Law in the Boston Area. Better than being left out of the publication altogether (which happened several times because I ignored their emails). If anyone besides my family and co-workers notices this award, or notices this post,
After months of uncertainty and differences between the House and Senate versions we now have a final decision on how the new tax law will deal with alimony. The tax deduction for alimony is unchanged until January 1, 2019. After that alimony will no longer be tax deductible. An agreement or judgment providing for alimony prior to that date will
“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
Just finished reading the morning paper about all the lobbying to change the new tax proposal. There was no talk about saving the deductibility of alimony. I was unaware until the draft bill came out that eliminating the alimony deduction was being proposed. This will be catastrophic for families dependent on receiving alimony or unallocated support. The elimination of the
We have just uploaded a new Supreme Judicial Court Alimony case (Docket: SJC – 12240) that discusses percentage alimony orders. You can see it here: DEREK L. YOUNG vs. JOY G. YOUNG
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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