Massachusetts Divorce & Family Law Blog

This blawg discusses recent developments in divorce and family law and related issues, with a primary focus on Massachusetts.

Author: Steven Ballard is a solo practitioner with offices in Wellesley Hills and Worcester, Mass.

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Recent Posts from Massachusetts Divorce & Family Law Blog

Florida Trial Judge Rules That State's Ban on Gay Adoptions Is Unconstitutional
Today in the news there was yet another interesting development in the world of gay rights, this one in Florida: Florida ban on gay adoptions ruled unconstitutional - MiamiHerald.com. EXCERPT FROM MIAMI HERALD ARTICLE OF…
California, Arizona and Florida Join Long List of States Banning Gay Marriage
Two more states besides California - namely, Arizona and Florida - have joined the list of nearly 30 U.S. states banning gay marriage, as the result of last week's elections. Although California still has civil…
California Electorate Voted to Ban Gay Marriage; Legislators Try Hail Mary Pass to California Supreme Court
California voters approved the gay marriage ban in that state, by voting for Proposition 8, during their election last week. Meanwhile, Democratic legislators are asking the California Supreme Court to void Proposition 8, in what…
New & Improved Child Support Guidelines To Go Into Effect on January 1
New child support guidelines have just been promulgated, and they will go into effect in Massachusetts on January 1, 2009. See the Massachusetts Court System Press Release - November 5, 2008. I am one of…
More On The Big Heist
Beat the Press Archive The American Prospect: "The Post Misleads Readers on the Bailout, Yet Again" : Many school teachers, autoworkers, and plumbers do not like the idea of paying higher taxes so that the…
The Presidential Election and the Latest on Vote Suppression Efforts
The Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays just played a great series, and last night, in the seventh game, the Rays won the right to go to the World Series. The series was a…
ACORN Voter Fraud Hoax: A Case of Projection?
Now here's more on the Presidential election, from the Guardian in England (as I've said here, it seems we have to go to the other side of the Atlantic to get the best reports on…
More on Connecticut's Same-Sex Marriage Decision
Here's another good article by Hofstra Law Professor Joanna Grossman, this one on the recent Connecticut Supreme Court's same-sex marriage decision: FindLaw's Writ - Grossman: And Connecticut Makes Three: The State's Highest Court Declares Same-Sex…
We Must Watch The BBC To Learn About Our Own Presidential Election
Our American corporate media is still busy spewing Wall Street's propaganda, which is responsible for helping to sell the Great Heist (a/k/a "the bailout") which the Wall Street banking community and its friends in the…
Connecticut Finds Right to Same-Sex Marriage - Joins Massachusetts and California
In a long-awaited decision, the Connecticut Supreme Court yesterday joined the highest courts of California and Massachusetts in creating, or recognizing, a right of same-sex marriage on state constitutional grounds. As in those other courts,…