Family Law Resource Articles

From an article recently published on the Boston Globe website. Amy was already anxious. Despite a statewide stay-at-home advisory and a terrifyingly contagious virus, her ex-wife - who has their 6-year-old several days a week - was not staying home, but continuing to...

From an article recently published on the Psychology Today website. The COVID-18 pandemic is so different from anything we have ever experienced, yet it will be compared to natural disasters and outbreaks we have had in the past. The differences between our...

From an article recently published on the Huff Post website. A father has won temporary full custody of his daughter because of his ex-wife's profession: She is an emergency room doctor working during the COVID-19 pandemic and, according to a Florida judge, risks...

From an article recently published on The New York Times' website: Doctors, firefighters and others who risk exposure to COVID-19 are being taken to court by ex-spouses who want to keep them away from their children. Read the full article.

From an article recently published on The New York Times' website: Divorce can be costly, as most people know, with each side expected to spend, on average, $15,500, during the process, according to Nolo, a publisher of legal books and software. Many spouses spend a...

From an article posted on npr.org: Marital infidelity is well-known, but financial infidelity might actually be more common. The few academic studies have estimated that as many as 41% of American adults admit to hiding accounts, debts or spending habits from their...

From the New York Times' article posted on July 6, 2018: Engaged? Congrats! Here's when to consider a prenuptial agreement--and how to get started. First comes love, then comes … prenup? If you’re a millennial, maybe. At Broder Orland Murray & DeMattie LLC, our...

“I have never wanted to counsel people, hurry up and get a divorce,” said Fern Frolin, a divorce lawyer at Mirick O’Connell in Boston, whose clients often have high incomes. “I always want to say, ‘Take your time, think if this is the right thing for you.’ But in this...

Massachusetts revisits its alimony reform law with regard to retroactivity and cohabitation. Attempts by the Connecticut legislature to reform our existing alimony law have not been successful. Read More...

Many of us in Greenwich remember the story of a father whose son was taken to Brazil by his ex-wife where she eventually died in 2008. Instead of returning his son to him, the boy's grandparents filed for custody in Brazilian courts, making this story of parental...