Mediation is a popular and effective method of negotiating a divorce settlement. Mediation offers a fair process where you and your spouse can discuss and decide for themselves, with professional help of the mediator, arrangements for your children, financial support and the division of your property. To begin the process, you and your spouse jointly…
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School Choice
By: Jennifer Silva, Esq. “School choice” was a highly discussed issue this election season, as one of the Massachusetts ballot questions related to the expansion of charter schools in the Commonwealth. After a divorce, parents must agree upon their children’s school enrollment if they share joint legal custody of the children. This means that one…
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Avoiding Tax Consequences When Dividing Retirement Accounts
By: Christina Pashou, Esq. Division of assets during divorce may also include the division of tax-sheltered retirement accounts (IRA’s, and 401K’s) and pensions. While many have concerns that the transfer of retirement funds pursuant to a divorce will result in taxes and penalties being incurred upon division of the accounts, if the account is divided…
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What Co-Parenting Really Means
By: Christina Pashou, Esq. While divorce results in the division of assets, it also results in the division of your time with your children. Yet, just because your time with your children is separate from your ex-spouse, this does not mean that communication about your children disappears. Although divorce does not leave former spouses on…
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