Arbitration of Family Law Issues Upheld. The parties included a provision in their divorce agreement requiring certain issues to be submitted to final binding arbitration. Pursuant to this clause, an arbitrator awarded the wife alimony and ordered the husband to pay the ex-wife one-third of the husband’s benefits under a family trust. The Probate and Family Court approved the agreement and, on the husband’s appeal, the appellate court upheld the arbitrator’s decision. Further, the Court held that that there was no public policy reason to prohibit the enforcement of an arbitration clause that was agreed upon by the parties. Reynolds v. Whitman, 40 Mass. App. Ct. 315 (1996)
- Alimony
- Arbitration of Family Law Issues
- Attorney-Client Privilege
- Attribution of Income
- Beneficiary Designation
- Child Support
- College
- Contempt
- Dependency Exemptions
- Division of Assets
- Earned Bonus
- Earning Capacity / Imputed Income
- Earnings in a Sub-S
- Emancipation
- Financial Restraining Order on Assets
- Foreign Custody
- Grandparent Visitation
- Health Insurance
- Imputing Income
- Income Equalization
- Income of Second Spouse
- Inheritance
- Inherited Assets
- Joint Legal Custody
- Judicial Discretion
- Jurisdiction
- Life Insurance
- Marital Estate
- Mediation / Unauthorized Practice of Law
- Merger and Survival
- Modification
- Non-Disparagement Provision
- Parent Coordinator
- Parental Fitness
- Parenting Time
- Plan Document Rule
- Postnuptial
- Prenuptial
- QDRO
- “Real Advantage” Standard
- Restraining Order
- Retained Earnings
- Retroactive Support
- Rights of Unmarried Partners
- Same Sex Marriage
- Self-Employment Income
- Stock Options
- Valuation Date
