2009 March

Archive for March, 2009

Challenge To New Child Support Guidelines

Challenge to New Child Support Guidelines – The organization “Fathers and Families” brought suit in federal court to prevent the implementation of the new child support guidelines. According to the complaint, the guidelines were formulated without obtaining data on the cost of raising a child in Massachusetts in contravention of federal law.  The suit also ...

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Unequal Division Upheld

Unequal Division Upheld – The Appeals Court upheld a Probate Court judgment that ordered a 60-40 division in favor of the wife, finding that while the parties had contributed equally to the acquisition of marital assets but that the wife made superior contributions in terms of managing the assets and in her post-separation duties as ...

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