A Complaint for Contempt addresses non-compliance with a court order. That includes not only filing Judgments but also Temporary Orders. Most of the Contempt actions are civil in nature. It is used when a party seeks to enforce a court order or judgment. If either party violates a court order that may be considered a […]
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Jul
The standard a proof to modify an existing Restraining Order depends on partially on whether it is the Plaintiff or the Defendant seeking the modification and a little bit about what the status of the existing Order is and what the modification to be sought is. To obtain a modification of a Restraining Order the […]
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Jul
When a case is supported, the parents have always had the right to file something called a Fair Hearing Appeal. This is where there is a hearing in front of a Fair Hearing Officer. However, a substantiated concern finding was saying that DCF did not find it had reached a level of supported neglect or […]
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May
A No-Fault Divorce is where you are not saying that there is a fault base reason for the divorce, you are just saying your true breakdown of the marriage or lack of communication or things of that nature. Just because you are saying it is a No-Fault Divorce does not mean that there can be […]
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May
You can site in Massachusetts the fault grounds such as adultery, desertion, gross and confirmed habits of intoxication, cruel and abusive treatment, non-support, impotence or imprisonment of five (5) or more years. That is rare that fault grounds are listed on the Complaint for Divorce. If there are issues either about child custody or asset […]
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May
You would want to have a Sheriff or Constable to try and serve the Defendant at the last place you knew where the Defendant resided or worked. If that was not found there is a process to do a “Summons by Publication” which is doing it in the newspaper, but you just cannot do that […]
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May
Service of Process is a way to tell the other side in writing what the case is about and giving them notice of this and notifies them of what they must do, if there is a court hearing, when and where to go to court. There are exceptions to this, if there is something that […]
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Apr
The fees can change. There is a $220.00 filing fee that you would pay the court. There is $200.oo fee for the divorce filing fee, a $15.00 filing surcharge and $5.00 for the court to issue a Summons. This can change and so it could be $220.00 total. The Summons is something that you would […]
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