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Articles

• Article: Divorcing? You have Options
• Mediating a Child Removal Case
• Estate Planning and Divorce in Massachusetts
• When should you choose collaborative divorce?
• Merger vs. Survival of Divorce Agreements in Massachusetts
• Financial Statements & Financial Disclosure in Massachusetts Divorce
• Your first appointment with your divorce lawyer
• Real Estate: Bubble or not? How does it affect our Divorcing Clients?
• The process of Divorce in a Nutshell
• Preparing for Divorce - Preliminary Steps
• Why do you need Vaughan´s affidavit? And, if you get one, so what?
• Law Section from GAL Report filed 01/05/07 (Removal)

New England Appellate Cases

• Connecticut Divorce Law Cases
• Maine Divorce Law Cases
• Conlogue v. Conlogue
• Alley v. Alley
• Alley v. Alley
• Austin v. Austin
• Bartlett v. Anderson
• Black v. Black
• Bonville v. Bonville
• Bradbury v. Bradbury
• Bradshaw v. Bradshaw
• Bradstreet v. Bradstreet
• Brown v. Habrle
• Campbell v. Martin
• Carter v. Carter
• C.E.W. v. D.E.W
• Conlogue v. Conlogue
• Corey et al. v. Corey
• Depot v. Depot
• Dubay v. Dubay
• Erickson) Koszegi v. Erickson
• Greenwald v. Greenwald
• Grenier v. Grenier
• Hildings v. Hildings
• Holt v. (Holt) Watson
• Jabar v. Jabar
• Jarvis v. Jarvis
• Jed-Harbage v. Harbage
• Lawrence v. Webber
• (Leask) Thorne v. Leask
• Lewis v. Lewis
• Liberty v. Liberty
• Lowd v. Dimoulas
• Macomber v. Macomber
• Marin v. Marin
• Miele v. Miele
• Murphy v. Murphy
• Patterson v. Patterson
• Payne v. Payne
• Raisen v. Raisen
• Sargent v. Braun
• Shaw v. Shaw
• Spooner v. Spooner
• St. Hilaire v. St. Hilaire
• Sylvester v. Vitagliano
• Twomey v. Twomey
• Urquhart v. Urquhart
• Von Schack v. Von Schack
• Walker v. Walker
• Warner v. Warner
• Warren v. Warren
• Webb v. Webb
• White v. Nason
• Williams v. St. Pierre
• Wrenn v. Lewis Young v. Young
• (Ziegler) Foley v. Ziegler
• Massachusetts Appellate Cases
  • Alimony (16)
    Britton v. Britton
    Cohan v. Feuer
    Cooper v. Cooper
    D.L. v. G.L.
    Goldman v. Goldman
    Gottsegen v. Gottsegen
    Greenberg v. Greenberg
    Grubert v. Grubert
    Huddleston v. Huddleston
    Kelley v. Kelley
    Kernan v. Morse
    Lynch v. Lynch
    Rosenberg v. Rosenberg
    Rosenblatt v. Rosenblatt
    Sampson v. Sampson
    Thomsen v. Thomsen
  • Child Custody (11)
    A.H v. M.P.
    A.Z v. B.Z.
    Ardizoni v. Raymond
    Bailey v. Bailey
    E.N. v. E.S.
    Fort v. Fort
    Freedman v. Freedman
    Mason v. Coleman
    Rosenthal v. Maney
    Shao v. Ma
    S.W. v. D.P.
  • Child Support (15)
    Brooks v. Piela
    Croak v. Bergeron
    Department of Revenue v. Roe
    Department of Revenue v. Doe
    Department of Revenue v. G.W.A
    Donovan v. Donovan
    Lombardi v. Lombardi
    Martin v. Martin
    Naranjo v. Naranjo
    O’Meara v. Doherty
    Passemato v. Passemato
    Richardson v. Department of Revenue
    Smith v. Edelman
    Schuler v. Schuler
    Silvia v. Silvia
    White v. Laingor
  • College Education & Divorce (3)
    Lang v. Koon
    McCarthy v. McCarthy
    Purdy v. Colangelo
  • Division of Property (21)
    Abegglen v. Abegglen
    Adlakha v Adlakha
    Baccanti v. Morton
    Belsky v. Belsky
    Bianco v. Bianco
    Dalessio v. Dalessio
    Dewan v. Dewan
    DL v. GL
    Drapek v. Drapek
    Early v. State Board of Retirement
    Gonzalez v. Pierce-Williams
    Hanify v. Hanify
    Kuban v. Kuban
    Mahoney v. Mahoney
    Moriarty v. Stone
    Putnam v. Putnam
    Rice v. Rice
    Salten v. Ackerman
    Savides v. Savides
    Taverna v. Pizzi
    Williams v. Massa
  • Domestic Violence / Protective Orders / Abuse Prevention (3)
    Ginsberg v. Blacker
    Smith v. Jones
    Szymkowski v. Szymkowski
  • Insurance (1)
    Cannon v. Cannon
  • Jurisdiction (3)
    Caffyn v. Caffyn
    Khan v. Saminni
    Klingel v. Reilly
  • Marital Agreements (2)
    
    Paixao v. Paixao
    Tompkins v. Tompkins
  • Prenuptial / Antenuptial Agreements (7)
    Austin v. Austin
    Biliouris v. Biliouris
    Dematteo v. Dematteo
    Halperson v. Halperson
    Knox v. Remick
    Korff v. Korff
    Osborne v. Osborne
  • Religious Practice (1)
    Felton v. Felton
  • Visitation(2)
    Blixt v. Blixt
    Dearborn v. Deausault
  • Abbott v. Virusso
  • Akinci-Unal v. Unal
  • B.B.V v. B.S.V
  • Boulter-Hedley v. Boulter
  • Cartledge v. Evans
  • Champagne v. Champagne
  • Croak, Jr. v. Bergeron
  • D´Avella v. McGonigle
  • Dematteo v. Dematteo
  • Foster v. Hurley
  • Gustin v. Gustin
  • Hennessey v. Sarkis
  • Houston v. Houston
  • Huddleston v. Huddleston
  • Levenson v. Feuer
  • Maillet v. Maillet
  • Meyer v. Wagner
  • Naranjo v. Departement of Revenue
  • Paixao v. Paixao
  • Pizzino vs. Miller
  • P.W vs. M.S.
  • Sahin v. Sahin
  • Santagate v. Tower
  • Shao vs. Ma
  • Steeves v. Berit
  • Szymkowski v. Szymkowski
  • Taverna v. Pizzi
  • Vakil v. Vakil
  • Wakefield vs. Hegarty
  • White v. Laingor
  • Yousif v. Yousif
  • Smith vs. Edelman
  • Cannon vs. Cannon
  • Martin vs. Martin
  • Lombardi v. Lombardi
  • J.D.H. vs. P.A.H.
  • Tatar vs. Schuker
  • Braun vs Braun
  • Poras vs Pauling
  • Bernier vs Bernier
  • Draper vs Burke
  • Eyster vs Pechenik
  • C.D.L. vs. M.M.L.
• New Hampshire Divorce Law Cases
• Rhode Island Divorce Law Cases
• Vermont Divorce Law Cases

Leading Appellate Cases from Other States

Forms & Documents

• Massachusetts Rules of Domestic Relations Procedure, Supplemental Rule 410
• Checklist for Divorce Separation Agreements
• Parent Education Approved Program Providers
• Child Support Guidelines Worksheet (.PDF )
• Interactive Document that calculates Child Support
• Financial Statement (Short Form) (.PDF )
• Financial Statement (Long Form) (.PDF )
• Form 504: Divorced or separated individuals (.PDF )
• Massachusetts divorce tax information
• 2005 Publication 501: Exemptions, Standard Deduction, and Filing Information (.PDF )
• 2005 Publication 544: Sales and other Dispositions of Assets (.PDF )
• Publication 555: Community Property (.PDF )
• 2005 Publication 590: Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs)(Including Roth IRAs and Education IRAs) (.PDF )
• Form 8332: Release of Claim to Exemption for Child of Divorced or Separated Parents (.PDF )
• Form 8379: Injured Spouse Claim and Allocation (.PDF )
• Form 8857: Request for Innocent Spouse Relief (.PDF )

General Massachusetts Divorce Laws - Chapter 208

• Chapter 208, Section 1. Divorce; general provisions
• Chapter 208, Section 1A. Irretrievable breakdown of marriage; commencement of action; complaint accompanied by statement and dissolution agreement; procedure
• Chapter 208, Section 1B. Irretrievable breakdown of marriage; commencement of action; waiting period; unaccompanied complaint; procedure
• Chapter 208, Section 2. Confinement for crime
• Chapter 208, Section 3. Absence; presumption of death
• Chapter 208, Section 4. Domicile of parties
• Chapter 208, Section 5. Exceptions
• Chapter 208, Section 6. Libel for divorce; venue
• Chapter 208, Section 6A. Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 88
• Chapter 208, Section 6B. Filing of action; statistical report
• Chapter 208, Section 7. Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 13
• Chapter 208, Section 8. Commencement of actions
• Chapter 208, Section 8A. Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 15
• Chapter 208, Section 9. Repealed, 1975, 400, Secs. 16, 17
• Chapter 208, Section 9A. Repealed, 1922, 542, Sec. 3
• Chapter 208, Section 10. Repealed, 1975, 400, Secs. 16, 17
• Chapter 208, Section 11. Ex parte hearing; allowance or denial of motion to insert name of third person
• Chapter 208, Section 12. Spouse's property; attachment
• Chapter 208, Section 13. Attachment; manner
• Chapter 208, Section 14. Attachments; laws applicable
• Chapter 208, Section 15. Mentally ill defendant; appointment and compensation of guardian
• Chapter 208, Section 16. Investigation of divorce case
• Chapter 208, Section 17. Pendency of action; allowance; alimony
• Chapter 208, Section 18. Pendency of action for divorce; protection of personal liberty of spouse; restraint orders authorized
• Chapter 208, Section 19. Pendency of action for divorce; custody of children
• Chapter 208, Section 20. Continuance of action; temporary separation
• Chapter 208, Section 20A. Judgment denying divorce; living apart for justifiable cause; authorization
• Chapter 208, Section 21. Divorce judgments; entry
• Chapter 208, Section 22. Desertion; proof
• Chapter 208, Section 23. Resumption of former name by woman
• Chapter 208, Section 24. Divorced parties; remarriage
• Chapter 208, Section 24A. Certificate of divorce; contents
• Chapter 208, Section 25. Divorce for adultery of wife; legitimacy of issue
• Chapter 208, Section 26. Repealed, 1949, 76, Sec. 1
• Chapter 208, Section 27. Courtesy or dower after divorce
• Chapter 208, Section 28. Children; care, custody and maintenance; child support obligations; provisions for education and health insurance; parents convicted of first degree murder
• Chapter 208, Section 28A. Temporary care, custody and maintenance of minor children
• Chapter 208, Section 29. Minor children; foreign divorces, care and custody
• Chapter 208, Section 30. Minor children; removal from commonwealth; prohibition
• Chapter 208, Section 31. Custody of children; shared custody plans
• Chapter 208, Section 32. Child; bringing before court; writ of habeas corpus
• Chapter 208, Section 33. Jurisdiction; procedure
• Chapter 208, Section 34. Alimony; assignment of estate; rights and funds accrued during marriage; determination of amount of alimony or value of property; health insurance
• Chapter 208, Section 34A. Alimony judgment ordering conveyance; effect
• Chapter 208, Section 34B. Order to vacate marital home
• Chapter 208, Section 34C. Orders to vacate marital home and orders of restraint; notice to law enforcement agencies; procedures; violations
• Chapter 208, Section 34D. Request for restraining order or order to vacate marital home; information provided to petitioner upon filing; domestic violence record search; outstanding warrants
• Chapter 208, Section 35. Alimony; enforcement
• Chapter 208, Section 36. Security for payment of alimony or support; enforcement of judgments or orders
• Chapter 208, Section 36A. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce alimony, support and maintenance or child support; order for trustee process
• Chapter 208, Section 37. Alimony; revision of judgment
• Chapter 208, Section 38. Costs
• Chapter 208, Section 39. Foreign divorces; validity
• Chapter 208, Section 40. Cohabitation after divorce
• Chapter 208, Section 41. Personation
• Chapter 208, Section 42. Procurement of unlawful divorce
• Chapter 208, Section 43. Advertisement to procure divorce
• Chapter 208, Section 44. Certificate of divorce; unlawful issuance
• Chapter 208, Section 45. Criminal offenses; notice to district attorney
• Chapter 208, Section 46. Statistical reports; additional information
• Chapter 208, Section 47. Repealed, 1976, 486, Sec. 23

Publication 504: Divorced or Separated Individuals

• Filing Status
• Exemptions
• Alimony
• Qualified Domestic Relations Order Rollovers
• Individual Retirement Arrangements
• Property Settlements
• Costs of Getting a Divorce
• Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax
• Community Property
• How To Get Tax Help

Resources and Useful Links

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• Collaborative Law Resources
• Counseling Resources
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• Education and Publications Resources
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