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How Do you Do a Name Change for a child that is under 18 years old in Massachusetts?

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On November 8, 2021

Parents in Massachusetts are permitted to change the name of their child as long as the minor is in their legal custody. Anyone under the age of eighteen (18) is considered a minor. In order to legally change their child’s name, the parent or legal guardian must file a petition with their county court. The petitioner […]

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On October 4, 2021

The Parenting App is a court approved secure app and platform for better communication between co-parents. Co-parent messages on OurFamilyWizard can never be edited, deleted, or retracted. The most common parenting app that the courts use that is paid is the “Our Family Wizard” and there are costs associated with this, it is the most common app. There […]

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On September 27, 2021

In Massachusetts there is an interesting new case about reasonable efforts in a DCF Care & Protection Case. The name of the case is Care and Protection of Rashida it is a 2021 case. It involves what is determined to be reasonable efforts. Reasonable efforts are efforts made to preserve and reunify families prior to the […]

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On August 2, 2021

You always want to do what you can in protecting your children and you would know that better than any attorney or anybody else. You do want to be cautious about calling DCF; particularly, if there are issues that are going on in Probate Court that have not been brought up in Probate Court. For […]

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On July 29, 2021

Every case is unique, you would not want to speak to the reporter. One, the reporter remains unknown and it will be redacted in whatever records that you get and you might be confronting the wrong person who is not actually the reporter. Second, the reporter itself is unlikely to go well and if you […]

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On July 26, 2021

In Massachusetts if DCF is doing an interview with you, you want to treat it like a deposition, if you have ever done one of those; or consider it in that you want to answer the question assuming you are agreeing to answer it. You don’t necessarily expand a great deal in terms of DCF’s […]

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On July 22, 2021

The answer is yes. If there is one child between 18 and 23. So this is not applicable, but let’s say there are 3 children and 2 of them are under 18, it would be about a 25% reduction under the Child Support Guidelines assuming that the child has graduated high school. The 25% reduction […]

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On July 19, 2021

That is called “Split Custody” which refers to a child custody arrangement in which one parent has sole custody of one or more children while the other parent has sole custody of the remaining siblings. Split custody is rare, as it is thought that it is in the best to keep siblings together for mutual […]

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On July 18, 2021

As a family law attorney, I have seen all sorts of parental disagreements about their children in divorce or custody cases. Many times, there have been legal fights about their kid’s diets, video games and dating -never mind therapy, medication, and school. The Corona virus has created a lot of stress for everyone but particularly […]

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On July 15, 2021

In Massachusetts there used to be a lesser amount for child support if you had the children or child with you for more than a 1/3rd but less than 50% of the time, that is no longer an existence. If you have shared physical custody, it does not have to be exactly 50/50, they would […]

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How Do you Do a Name Change for a child that is under 18 years old in Massachusetts?

In Massachusetts What is a Parenting App?

Reasonable Efforts in a DCF Care and Protection Case.

If you Have a Probate Case Going on Regarding a Custody Matter, should you Call DCF on the Other Parent?

In DCF Cases if You Think You Know Who the Reporter is, should you Speak to them?

Doing an Interview with DCF in Massachusetts.

If a Child is Between 18 and 23, is there a Reduction in Child Support?

If there are Two Children or More and Each Parent Has Physical Custody of 1 or More Children, how is that Handled?

Divorce, Custody and COVID-19 vaccines in Massachusetts

Child Support Guidelines in Massachusetts.