Guardianship – Fit Parent Cannot Share Custody with Others. The Appeals Court held that a Probate and Family Court Judge was not empowered to split a guardianship of a child between her father and the maternal aunt and uncle who had raised her since infancy. “Custody of a child belongs to a parent,” reiterated the Court, “unless that parent is unfit.” The Appeals Court noted that the trial judge, on remand, could find that the aunt and uncle were de facto parents which would give them continued access to the child. Guardianship of Estelle, 70 Mass.App.Ct. 575 (October 29, 2007)
- 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
