Being a single parent is becoming more common, with the US Census Bureau estimating that there are around 12 million single-parent families. As relationships change and dissolve, many children are left with one parent. If you’re a single parent yourself, you might be...
Month: August 2022
Domestic Abuse and Parental Alienation During a Massachusetts Divorce
Domestic abuse can involve one Massachusetts parent using a child as a weapon against the other parent, which harms the child in immense ways. There are approximately 5.7 million cases of domestic abuse in the U.S. each year, and in some of those, mothers and fathers...
Tenant Screening Software Firms Fined $100K for Discriminating Against Section 8 Massachusetts Recipients
Two companies that make software for landlords have agreed to pay Massachusetts $100,000 and eliminate a feature that allows property managers to automatically reject prospective tenants with criminal records or people who plan to use government assistance to pay the...
Gray Divorce in Massachusetts Is Increasing
At a time when a Massachusetts divorce is becoming less common for millennials, so-called “gray divorce” is on the rise for older generations of Americans. According to the Pew Research Center, the divorce rate for those 50 and older has roughly doubled since 1990,...