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.
Blawg Related Categories: Family Law • States • Massachusetts • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Massachusetts Divorce & Family Law Blog
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Maine Voters Repeal Gay Marriage Law
Maine voters repealed their state's gay marriage law yesterday. BOSTON GLOBE - PORTLAND, Maine - Maine voters overturned the state’s same-sex marriage law yesterday, delivering a potentially crushing blow to gay-rights advocates after a year…
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Alimony Reform and the Business of Divorce
The Boston Business Journal continues to cover the controversy over the competing Massachusetts alimony bills, and in Friday's article by Lisa van der Pool, Dueling alimony bills raise hackles in legal circles, the focus was…
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Is Family Law a Masterful Scam? A Criminal Enterprise?
I thought I would reprint my response to a comment on my last post, which was on the issue of alimony reform, as I believe it deserves its own post here. Over the years, I…
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Of Two Alimony Reform Bills, House Bill is Far Better
There are two competing alimony reform bills currently pending in the Massachusetts legislature: Senate Bill 1616 and House Bill 1785. The Senate bill, backed by influential members of the Boston Bar Association, essentially would preserve…
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Baucus Bullshit
Well, now we know: Baucus outlines health plan without GOP support - AP/Yahoo News. The Max Baucus Plan is awful. Actually, the Max Baucus Plan Sucks. Well, I'd use even stronger words than that. Baucus…
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Huffington Post on Health Care
More good stuff on the health insurance racket's attempt to prevent even the first step towards its own demise can be found in some recent articles in the Huffington Post. I have my doubts about…
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The Health Insurers Have Won Again - Of Course
Well, it seems pretty clear that the health-care "reform" bill will be a joke. Even if it were to have a public option, it would still be a joke, but without one, there will continue…
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"Till Death Do Us Pay" - More on the Need for Alimony Reform
Finally, a little slice of la vida real in our Massachusetts family court system: Till Death Do Us Pay - Boston Magazine. I'm encouraged to see such critical words from a local media source, in…
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Child Support Blues
If you think you have the child support blues, because of frustration in trying to receive or to pay child support, here's a real story for you. A minimum-wage-earning 29-year-old man in Knoxville, Tennessee, is…
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New Hampshire Becomes Sixth State to Allow Gay and Lesbian Marriages
Well, now it has happened: the New Hampshire legislature passed the final version of its gay marriage bill and the governor signed it this afternoon. It will become law in January of next year: N.H.…