Does your gut ever speak to you? If so, do you listen to what it tells you? Practicing law is not only a combination of knowledge and experience, but also of instinct (and believe it or not) and morals. We recently had a case where our client had some significant mental health concerns. At the […]
Effective as of January 1, 2025, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had implemented the Massachusetts Parentage Act (“MPA”). The MPA has expanded parenting relationships by: * Replacing the terms “mother” and “father” with “parent” and “person who gave birth;”* Creating a process for children establish parentage; and*Clarifying ways in which parentage can be defined (ie. giving […]
Someone recently asked if divorce is actually detrimental to children. After some thought, the response was “No, not necessarily.” Most children of divorced parents will admit that they were not surprised by the divorce. They remember parents fighting or not spending time together as a family. Is it often crushing when they realize that their […]
It started off “Hey cutie, where you from?”And then it turned into “Oh no! What have I done?”And I don’t even know my last name…. -Carrie Underwood Annulments are rare. In approximately 20 years of practice, we’ve done one annulment. One. When an annulment is granted, it is as though the marriage never existed. In the […]
Rewind to about two weeks ago…. pick number three in a draft for a fantasy football league… 60 seconds to make a final decision… Conventional wisdom would go for Hill but something kept telling me to go for CeeDee Lamb. Given Tyreek’s off the field reputation, my co-owner and I had been discussing for a […]
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