Parent and child – Child support – Modification
Where a mother appeals from the judgment on her complaint for modification of child support, in which the judge increased the amount of the father's child support obligation to $590 a week but did not...
View ArticleDomestic relations – Alimony – Child support
Where a divorced mother argues (1) that the judge abused her discretion in awarding weekly alimony in the amount of $170 because the judge failed to consider the wife's needs and (2) that the $170...
View ArticleParent and child – Support – Modification – Capital gains income
Where a judge allowed a motion to modify a child support order, that decision must be reversed and the case remanded because of a lack of findings regarding the movant’s “double-dipping” argument.
View ArticleParent and child – Support – Income equalization
Where a judge ordered a father to pay child support, the order must be vacated to the extent that it is based on income equalization.
View ArticleDomestic relations – Child support – Alimony
Where a judge awarded a divorced father physical custody of the parties' younger child, ordered him to pay alimony in the amount of $405 a week and ordered the wife to pay him child support in the...
View ArticleDomestic relations – Child support
Where a Probate & Family Court judge ordered a divorced mother to pay $97 per week in child support even though the children remain in the mother's home during the school week, with only weekends...
View ArticleDomestic relations – Child support
Where the husband alleges that the wife made contradictory representations in two successive court filings, and that the resulting disparity casts serious doubt on the evidence used to determine the...
View ArticleDomestic relations – Child support – Unemployment
Where a judge ordered only a modest increase in a divorced father’s child support obligation after his former wife became unemployed, a remand is necessary on the issue of attribution of income.
View ArticleDomestic relations – Child support
Where a Probate & Family Court judge ordered a divorced father to continue paying child support after his children reached the age of 18, the judge’s order must be reversed pursuant to G.L.c. 209D,...
View ArticleParent and child – Support – Inconsistency
Where a judge denied a divorced mother’s request for modification of a child support order, the judge erred by not applying the inconsistency standard set forth in G.L.c. 208, §28.
View ArticleParent and child – Child support – Modification
Where a mother appeals from the judgment on her complaint for modification of child support, in which the judge increased the amount of the father's child support obligation to $590 a week but did not...
View ArticleDomestic relations – Alimony – Child support
Where a divorced mother argues (1) that the judge abused her discretion in awarding weekly alimony in the amount of $170 because the judge failed to consider the wife's needs and (2) that the $170...
View ArticleParent and child – Support – Modification – Capital gains income
Where a judge allowed a motion to modify a child support order, that decision must be reversed and the case remanded because of a lack of findings regarding the movant’s “double-dipping” argument.
View ArticleParent and child – Support – Income equalization
Where a judge ordered a father to pay child support, the order must be vacated to the extent that it is based on income equalization.
View ArticleDomestic relations – Child support – Alimony
Where a judge awarded a divorced father physical custody of the parties' younger child, ordered him to pay alimony in the amount of $405 a week and ordered the wife to pay him child support in the...
View ArticleDomestic relations – Child support
Where a Probate & Family Court judge ordered a divorced mother to pay $97 per week in child support even though the children remain in the mother's home during the school week, with only weekends...
View ArticleDomestic relations – Child support
Where the husband alleges that the wife made contradictory representations in two successive court filings, and that the resulting disparity casts serious doubt on the evidence used to determine the...
View ArticleDomestic relations – Child support – Unemployment
Where a judge ordered only a modest increase in a divorced father’s child support obligation after his former wife became unemployed, a remand is necessary on the issue of attribution of income.
View ArticleDomestic relations – Child support
Where a Probate & Family Court judge ordered a divorced father to continue paying child support after his children reached the age of 18, the judge’s order must be reversed pursuant to G.L.c. 209D,...
View ArticleParent and child – Support – Inconsistency
Where a judge denied a divorced mother’s request for modification of a child support order, the judge erred by not applying the inconsistency standard set forth in G.L.c. 208, §28.
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