On behalf of Johnson, Sclafani & Moriarty, Attorneys at Law posted in Child Custody on Friday, August 12, 2016. It seems both unfathomable and counter-intuitive to let the man who raped a woman and got her pregnant have custody and visitation rights to the child she bore. Yet that is what has already occurred for […]
On behalf of Johnson, Sclafani & Moriarty, Attorneys at Law posted in Child Custody on Thursday, August 4, 2016. Child custody cases can be fraught with emotion for those involved, but it is very important to always maintain your cool and the proper decorum when you are in the courtroom. Below are some tips to […]
On behalf of Johnson, Sclafani & Moriarty, Attorneys at Law posted in Child Support on Friday, July 29, 2016. To get the best start in life, children need both parents involved. But all too often, children’s fathers remain uninvolved in their lives because paternity was never established. When a couple is married and the woman […]
On behalf of Johnson, Sclafani & Moriarty, Attorneys at Law posted in High Asset Divorce on Friday, July 22, 2016. Divorce can be an expensive undertaking, and can be made more so if one spouse is forced to pay off debts that were incurred by the other spouse during the marriage. Debts run up during […]
On behalf of Johnson, Sclafani & Moriarty, Attorneys at Law posted in Domestic Violence on Friday, July 15, 2016. Here in Massachusetts, almost one out of every three women has been victimized by an intimate partner — by stalking, rape or other types of physical violence. Almost half of the female residents of the state […]
On behalf of Johnson, Sclafani & Moriarty, Attorneys at Law posted in Child Support on Friday, July 8, 2016. Some Massachusetts parents don’t have to worry about paying child support beyond the age of 18 for their children. However, others must abide by the statute that gives the court latitude to compel parent(s) to continue […]
On behalf of Johnson, Sclafani & Moriarty, Attorneys at Law posted in Child Custody on Thursday, June 30, 2016. One of the toughest calls for a family law judge is deciding which parent should have custody of the children when one of the parents is battling a serious mental illness. In fact, for the playing […]
On behalf of Johnson, Sclafani & Moriarty, Attorneys at Law posted in High Asset Divorce on Thursday, June 23, 2016. The average divorce does not have to degenerate into the War of the Roses. Just because you and your spouse no longer want to continue being married to one another does not mean that you […]
On behalf of Johnson, Sclafani & Moriarty, Attorneys at Law posted in Alimony on Friday, June 17, 2016. Only a few decades ago, spousal support was referred to as “alimony” and was awarded to the wife in almost every divorce in Massachusetts. Times have changed, and alimony reforms have made some sweeping changes in the […]
On behalf of Johnson, Sclafani & Moriarty, Attorneys at Law posted in Child Custody on Friday, June 10, 2016. If you are a parent who shares custody of your child with his or her other parent, you probably already realize that summer custody plans can get pretty complicated. Often both parents are planning vacations and […]
