Why Does a Guardianship Petition in Massachusetts Require a Clinical Team Report?
When the incapacitated person that a guardian represents has an intellectual disability, the Probate and Family Court must receive a...
Landlord – Tenant Issues: The Massachusetts Residential Landlord
If you are a landlord in Massachusetts, whether for a single unit, a multi-family tenement home, or for a large...
Guardianship in Massachusetts
What is a guardian? A guardian is a legal appointment, made by a Probate and Family Court in Massachusetts for...
“As a Massachusetts Business Owner, How Do I Get a Judgment and Collect on the Debt?” – Step 1: Prevention
A Step-by-step Approach from Preventing, Obtaining a Judgment on, and Collecting on Business Debt Do you own a Massachusetts based...
Massachusetts Divorce – Private Conversations with a Spouse, “Is that Evidence?”
A Divorce Can Go to Trial in Massachusetts Often, clients are surprised to discover that the contested divorce they are...
Massachusetts 51A and Child Welfare
What is Massachusetts 51A? M.G.L. chapter 119, section 51A, is a Massachusetts law which requires certain individuals, termed mandated reporters,...
Child Welfare Series in Massachusetts – “Help, My Child’s School Has Filed a Truancy or Habitual Offender Application!”
In Massachusetts, the law provides many methods to address issues related to child welfare. One area of the law that...
Child Welfare Series in Massachusetts – “Help, My Child Has Been the Victim of Abuse!”
The laws in Massachusetts regarding Child Welfare are many, and abuse involving children is no exception. One area of abuse...
Child Welfare Series in Massachusetts – “Help, My Child Won’t Listen to Me!”
Child Welfare laws in Massachusetts deal with several common issues that children face, for example, truancy from school, runaway or...
Ten Divorce Tips for Massachusetts Residents
If divorce is on your mind, consider these statistics…. nearly 3 in 1,000 people in the United States get divorced...