Cohabitation After Divorce: Reasons You Need a Co-Tenancy Agreement

Vicki Shemin wrote a new article about cohabitation and why partners should consider a co-tenancy agreement. Cohabitation after divorce seems like a great alternative to remarriage, but it’s still important to take steps to protect yourself. By Vicki Shemin, JD, LICSW, ACSW Updated: June 21, 2018 Categories: Legal Issues, Relationships and Dating At the final court hearing in a…

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Jon Fields Appointed as Member of the Child Support Guidelines Task Force

Fields and Dennis LLP is proud to announce that Jonathan E. Fields has been appointed as a member of the Massachusetts Trial Court’s Child Support Guidelines Task Force. The Task Force is responsible for conducting the quadrennial review of the guidelines required under Federal law. Read More Divorce and Blog News

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Ode to a Spell Checker

ODE TO A SPELL CHECKER by Jerrold H Zar I have a spelling checker, It came with my PC. It plane lee marks four my revue Miss steaks aye can knot sea. Eye ran this poem threw it, Your sure reel glad two no. Its vary polished in it’s weigh. My checker tolled me sew.…

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Abraham Lincoln’s Advice to New Lawyers: Discourage Litigation

Abraham Lincoln has been in the popular culture a lot recently.  A summer hit reimagined him as a vampire hunter; the current Spielberg film casts him as a shrewd and effective politician whose deft maneuvering helped move the 13th Amendment through the House.  After seeing the movie, I went on the Internet and, by chance,…

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Spouse Cheating on You? Do the Math.

The media has been obsessed with the salacious details of the Anthony Wiener scandal.  For a few writers, however, the story has prompted some sober cultural reflection. In the New York Times, Sheryl Gay Stolberg wonders why female politicians rarely get caught up in sex scandals.  No solid conclusions but the sense of it: men…

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