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If you are Working on a Parenting Plan, there are Different Aspects that should be looked at including:

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On November 30, 2020

What would be the pickup and drop off locations and responsibilities? Will there be a specific holiday, school vacation, summer vacations time for parents and how will that be addressed? How will there be determinations regarding routine, medical and dental or therapeutic appointments? How will things occur such as Halloween, depending on the child’s age, […]

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On November 26, 2020

Prior to being separated from the other parent, what responsibilities have you and the other parent assumed, meaning who gets the child ready for school, who brings the child to school, who helps with homework, who schedules or takes the child to medical and dental appointments and things of that nature. Also, if the child […]

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On November 23, 2020

A visitation center is a place where the visits are supervised by a neutral person. The courts make an Order that the visitation has to occur at a specific or general visitation center. There are a variety of visitation centers throughout Massachusetts. They require an intake to be done by both parents and understanding that […]

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On November 19, 2020

It is important to probably talk to an attorney about the different analysis that needs to be looked at. There is a different analysis if one parent is the only legal parent; such as if this has occurred where the parties are not married and have not been any proceedings to determine paternity or custody […]

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On November 16, 2020

It’s different where there is the Complaint for Modification to remove a child, but there can be a criterion where it can be looked at in terms of the significant disruption to the non-custodial parents parenting time if the parents can’t agree and it can be reviewed by the court.

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On November 12, 2020

A De Facto parent is one who has no biological relations to the child but has participated in the child’s life as a member of the child’s family. Typically, living with that child and performing a share of the caretaking functions similar to a legal parent, usually with the consent of the legal parents. De […]

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On November 9, 2020

In Massachusetts it is called “Best interest of the Child Standard” and it is a child centered standard. It is focusing not on the parents needs, but the child’s needs in which a parent or if both parents are best suited to meet the child’s needs. There is not a difference between genders that the […]

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On November 5, 2020

In that case, the mother has sole legal and physical custody unless and until the court order provides otherwise. This occurs even if the father has a formally acknowledged paternity. However, there is no prejudice to father because of this and the courts.

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On November 2, 2020

In Massachusetts if the parents are married to each other, both parents share legal and physical custody of the child unless there is another court order.

Posted by Alexander Nesson
On October 29, 2020

There is sole legal custody and that is where one parent makes all the decisions regarding the child’s main welfare issues; such as education, medical decisions, religious decisions and the like. Shared legal custody means that both parents are going to work together to make those major decisions listed above. Sole physical custody means that […]

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If you are Working on a Parenting Plan, there are Different Aspects that should be looked at including:

In Massachusetts When you are Trying to Determine a Parenting Schedule there are Some Basic Questions that are Helpful for Parents to Focus on Prior to Making a Schedule and Some of those Include:

In Massachusetts What is a Visitation Center?

If a Parent is Seeking to Move out of Massachusetts, What Standard Should be Used?

Are there Avenues to Argue Against a Parent Moving to a Distant Part of the State?

What is a De Facto Parent?

In Order for the Courts to Determine a Child Custody Decision, What Standard is Used?

If I have not been to Court, who has Custody of the Children if the Parents are NOT married to each other?

If I have not been to Court, who has Custody of the Children if the Parents are Married?

In Massachusetts what are the different types of Custody Arrangements?