Massachusetts Baker-Polito Administration announced plans to provide expanded relief to unemployment claimants with overpayment obligations. The announcement follows a decision by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) to approve in part the Commonwealth’s request to...
Manipulations, gaslighting, and giving the silent treatment are the obvious signs of psychological abuse that you’re aware of but when you’re in an abusive and toxic Massachusetts relationship, there’s a subtlety to this kind of emotional abuse that cannot be easy to...
Strong communication and connection are vital components of any successful Massachusetts marriage. But life pulls us in all sorts of directions. And whether due to crazy work hours, the general franticness of raising kids, or the rhythms of routine, there will be...
Are you ready for an Artificial Intelligence system to predict your next Massachusetts breakup? It may sound farfetched, but Italian scientists have used a complex machine learning process to name the top two “most important predictors of union dissolution” among over...
Getting married in Massachusetts can have a lot of financial implications on your life, and one of the things that can be impacted are your Social Security benefits. Before deciding to get married, it’s important to know what will change with your finances. There are...
Social Security survivor benefits are one of the most valuable types of income for Massachusetts residents the Social Security Administration (SSA) provides. These benefits are intended to ensure a surviving spouse isn't faced with financial disaster when a...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a report on workers age 40 and over in the federal workforce with details regarding pay disparities, the proportion of older workers on staff, complaints of age discrimination, and how this group compares...
Here are important Massachusetts cases on adoption: Adoption of Daphne, 484 Mass. 421 (2020) Discusses the Massachusetts court's jurisdiction in an adoption by the biological father when the gestational carrier lived in Massachusetts, but the father lived in another...
The length of your Massachusetts marriage determines the amount of time you will be entitled to receive alimony. Here is a chart detailing the length of marriage and the length of the award of alimony: Length of marriage Length of general term alimony up to 5 years No...
Here are important Massachusetts cases on alimony: Alison Voorhis v. Paul AB. Relle, 97 Mass. App. Ct. 46 (2020) The Appeals Court held that “marital lifestyle is not a factor that should be considered when assessing whether deviation beyond an alimony durational...