Family Law in Massachusetts
Divorce in Massachusetts
- Evidence Needed in Divorce
- Text Messages Used in Divorce?
- Documents, Emails and Photos in a Massachusetts Divorce
- Is a private conversation with my spouse evidence?
- Cheating Spouse?
- Pre-Trial Hearing in Massachusetts Divorce
- Trial in a Divorce
- What is separation in a Divorce?
- Divorce Timeline
- Timeline of a Massachusetts Divorce
- My Attorney Has Filed for Divorce for Me, Now What?
- Property Division in a Divorce
- Divorce Checklist
- Filed for Divorce – What is Next?
- Separation Agreement?
- We Need a Divorce…
- Common Divorce Questions
- Who Should File for Divorce First?
- Should I move or not move?
- Why a Local Lawyer is Important
- Divorce Tips
- Common Questions in a Massachusetts Divorce
- Massachusetts Divorce Lawyer Near You
Miscellaneous Family Law Issues
- Restraining Orders
- What Happens When Child Support Order is not Obeyed?
- Modifying a Child Support Order
- I Need Child Support, What Next?
- I’m not Married, Can I get Child Support?
- How is Child Support Determined in Massachusetts?
- End your lease as a domestic violence victim?
Child Welfare in Massachusetts
- Truancy CRA
- Offender/Habitual CRA
- DCF Takes Temporary Custody
Guardianship in Massachusetts
Common Pleadings in Massachusetts Probate and Family Court
Abuse and Prevention
Disabled Abuse Petition
Accounts
Petition for Allowance of Account
Petition for Amended/Substituted Account
Petition to Render an Inventory or Account*
*NOTE: The court fee for a pleading varies upward based upon the gross value listed in Schedule A of the petition.
Adoption
Petition to dispense with consent to adoption
Complaint/Petition in Adoption
Bonds/Surety
Filing of a Subsequent Bond
Leave to Bring suit on a bond
Petition for a New Bond
Demand for Sureties
Petition for Discharge of Surety
Petition for Modification of Bond
Petition for Reduction of Bond
Change of Name
Motion to Change Name (can be used only in divorce actions during the Nisi period)
Petition to Change of Name
Domestic Relations and Paternity
Complaint for Affirmation of Marriage
Complaint for Alimony
Complaint for Annulment
Complaint for Custody, Support, or Parenting Time
Complaints to establish paternity or for Custody, Support, or Parenting Time and modifications filed by the IV-D agency
Convey land as if sole
Enforcement of Foreign Decree (for Alimony)
Petition for Grandparent visitation
Marriage of a minor
Marriage without delay
Modification of all non-child related issues
Modification of Foreign Custody or Support Decree, G.L. c. 208, s. 29
Modification relative to child support, custody and parenting time
Registration of Foreign Custody Decree
Post-Judgment Removal
Compliant for Separate Support
Compliant for Support of spouse or child pursuant to G.L. c. 209, § 32F
Temporary restraining order against a spouse (used in divorce and separate support)
Equity
Complaint in Equity
Complaint (for separate support or the custody or support of minors)
Complaint to Correct Birth Record
Petition in Partition
Complaint to Restrain a Personal Representative
Petition for Specific Performance
Temporary Restraining Order or Injunction
Guardian/ Conservator
Petition for Appointment of Conservator or for Single Transaction
Petition for Appointment of a Guardian
Petition to Expand, Modify, Limit Powers of a Conservator
Petition to Expand, Modify, Limit Powers of a Guardian
Foreign Conservator Sworn Statement
Removal of a Fiduciary
Petition for the Resignation of Conservator or Guardian
Petition for the Termination of Conservator or Guardian
Probate
Petition for the Appointment of a Receiver of the Estate of an Absentee
Petition for the Appointment of Special Personal Representative
Petition for the Appointment of a Trustee
Petition for the Approval of Compromise
Care of Burial Lot
Closing Statement
Petition for Counsel Fees
Petition for Determination of Value
Erection of Monument
Filing a will for Safekeeping
Filing a Declaration of Common Trust Fund
Foreign Personal Representative Sworn Statement
Petition for the Formal Probate of Will, Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative
Petition for the Formal Appointment of Successor Personal Representative
Petition for the Formal Removal of Personal Representative
General Petition (Probate)
General Petition (Trust)
Petition for the Informal Probate of Will and/or Appointment of Personal Representative
Petition for the Informal Appointment of Successor Personal Representative
Leave to Deposit Certain Funds
Petition for Order of Complete Settlement
Petition for Payment of Deposits
Petition for Public Administration
Removal of a Fiduciary
Resignation of a Fiduciary
Representation of Insolvency
Small Estate Closing Statement
Petition for Supervised Administration
Petition for Termination of Trust
Petition to Vacate a Formal Order
Statement of Voluntary Administration
Sale, Lease or Mortgage of Real or Personal Estate by any Fiduciary
Leave to Lease real estate
Leave to Mortgage real estate
Sale*
*NOTE: The court fee for a pleading varies upward based upon the gross value of the property.