According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), refusing to rent based on a criminal records is a form of racial discrimination, due to racial imbalances in the U.S. justice, despite the fact that criminal history is not a protected class...
With thousands of college students set to invade Massachusetts the next week, the Chief of Boston's Inspectional Services Department is letting local landlords know that he intends to enforce an eight year old ordinance barring no more than four undergraduate students...
Sometimes a spouse can be blind-sided by his or her partner's request for a divorce. More often, however, both spouses share a sense that the relationship is broken and can't be fixed. When it comes to that, does it matter who files first? According to some financial...
Many people contemplating a Massachusetts divorce do not realize that if they are unable to reach a settlement, the result is a full trial before a judge of the Probate and Family Court. It is critical to understand what occurs during a divorce trial and what does not...
As difficult as divorce is when dealing with immigration matters, child custody in Massachusetts may be even more contentious. The general principle concerning child custody was best stated in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Troxel v Granville. "The interest of the...
Unemployment insurance is designed to provide you money between jobs when you lose your Massachusetts job through no fault of your own, but is there ever a case where you can receive unemployment payments even when you resigned? Yes there are. If you're contemplating...
Levying an execution in a Massachusetts eviction case is the process by whicha landlord, if they are successful in the eviction, is permitted to remove the tenant's belongings from the rental property. An execution for possession is a legal document that a court...
Parental alienation is becoming a more frequent discussion in Massachusetts family courts. The concern is often raised when there is difficulty with a parent-child relationship or parent-child access. Parental alienation can be described as an extreme form of...
You and your soon-to-be-ex spouse may still be under the same roof in Massachusetts, or you might have already separated or found temporary arrangements apart from one another. Regardless of your current living situation, your regular monthly bills are still coming...
The first step in evicting any Massachusetts tenant is issuing a notice to quit which is a legal document formally notifying the tenant that his tenancy is being terminated for a particular reason and giving him the date upon which he must move out. There are very...