Both Massachusetts tenants and landlords can benefit from help with a security deposit. Massachusetts security deposit law often requires even the most experienced landlord-tenant attorney to review the law more than once to understand its many, many provisions. An...
Most Massachusetts parents know that children learn by watching their parents. It is also true that children instinctively know that talk is cheap. When a parent says one thing but does the opposite, it is the behavior that the child learns from, not the words.Like...
Massachusetts G.L. ch. 151B is the state statute that prohibits discrimination based on disability, and the interpretation of that statute sometimes differs from the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). One area where the two statutes diverge is an...
A psychopath is a person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behaviors.A narcissist is a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves.These two types of exes tend to be by far the worst kind of people, you can...
Children of Massachusetts divorced parents are more likely to get divorced when compared to those who grew up in two-parent families and genetic factors are the primary explanation, according to a new study by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Lund...
From the Law Offices of Renee Lazar
Since more than 90 percent of Massachusetts divorces eventually settle out of court, with some doing so at the very last minute, many couples feel that pursuing an amicable divorce from the beginning makes more sense. When both spouses agree that the marriage is over,...
Absent a written agreement in Massachusetts stating otherwise, employment relationships are presumed to be at-will. In other words, an employer can terminate an employee at any time for any reason, or for no reason, so long as it's not for a discriminatory or other...
When two people in Massachusetts divorce, who gets to keep the pet(s)? Can the Probate and Family Court order joint custody of the dog or cat, as it would a child? Can one party get parenting rights? Is a pet treated in a legal sense in the same way as a child, or...
Whether you only consider providing your Massachusetts children with a mobile device, or they already have it, you must think thoroughly about how you're going to manage kids' screen time. The thing is that modern-day children may literally spend hours on their...