The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently heard arguments in a case that could create a new right to a court-appointed attorney, paid for by the state, for people at risk of jail time for failure to pay child support. Today, indigent defendants in criminal...
Due to COVID-19, Massachusetts residents are experiencing difficult financial times. While there has been action by the government to ease financial burdens such as staying evictions and forbearing mortgage payments, the fact of the matter is that ensuring the receipt...
Massachusetts kids are expensive, but while conventional wisdom usually suggests that they'll cost the most when they're small, a new survey is suggesting that isn't exactly true. In actuality, most parents say quite the opposite, as the survey found that parents...
You'd be surprised. A lot of people hand over a pretty big chunk of change each and every month to someone who gets it tax-free. That's right, the recipient of child support gets the money tax-free. On a related note, the person paying does not get to write it off...
As you undoubtedly know, the cost of raising kids in Massachusetts and across the U.S. is rising steadily. A significant part of that expense is due to increases in childcare costs. But how much are American parents spending to have their kids looked after? Business...
Updating or correcting your Massachusetts child support does not make you less of a father or mother; it just means you'll have more money to spend on your child in different ways. The child support guidelines have a formula that is based on a number of factors. And...
Within the Massachusetts Department of Revenue is an office called Child Support Enforcement (CSE). CSE was established to enforce state and federal laws about child support.CSE performs a number of critical child support functions. It uses an administrative...
Deadbeat parents in Massachusetts left a trail of hardship for custodial parents.Less than half of custodial parents, 43.5 percent received the full amount of child support due that year, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data.Meanwhile, three in 10...
When it comes to a Massachusetts divorce, not all separation agreements are created equal. In fact, a well-crafted agreement can provide a divorcing spouse with a degree of economic protection that far surpasses what would be guaranteed by state law.That's one lesson...
Registering a child support/custody order that was obtained in another state or even in another country is accomplished in Massachusetts by following the procedure outlined in M.G.L. c. 209D. To register your out-of-state order, you will need the following: (1) a...