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LexisNexis Practice Guide: Massachusetts Family Law offers concise explanations of each step in a family law case, transitioning smoothly from legal analysis to practical application of a point of law. Written by a team of experienced practitioners, the guide includes practice strategies and checklists in each chapter to help practitioners identify and address legal and procedural issues. The guide covers a wide range of topics related to Massachusetts family law, including: divorce, spousal maintenance, child custody, same-sex relationships, alternative dispute resolution, and more.
The 2023 edition ISBN is 9781663348227.
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Featured Authors
Lloyd D. Godson
Lloyd D. Godson is the principal founder of Godson Legal Group, Lynnfield, MA. Attorney Godson is an experienced Attorney specializing in all aspects of family law, including cases heard at both the trial court and appellate court levels. Attorney Godson’s practice includes extensive experience in custody, removal, international child custody, Hague convention, divorce, military divorce, property division, complex property division and asset protection and maximization.
Attorney Godson is a former Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a Past President of the Middlesex County Bar Association. He also served as Chair of the Family Law Section Council for the Massachusetts Bar Association. Attorney Godson is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Middlesex County Bar Association.
Attorney Godson is as a former member of the International Conference on Couples and Family Relations.
Attorney Godson was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts in 1992, in the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts in 1993, and the United States Supreme Court in 2004. He received his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1992.
Damian J. Turco
Damian J. Turco is the founding partner of Turco Legal PC, a divorce and family law firm with offices in Andover, Boston, Newburyport and Newton. He’s represented clients through complex divorce, child custody and other family law matters since 2008. Turco is also the co-founder of JusticeApp, Inc., a legal technology company with the mission of eliminating injustice nationwide. JusticeApp is a mobile app that aggregates free legal resources and offers low-cost, form generation and secure data-storage designed to simplify the legal system for unrepresented parties and the transfer of sensitive information between parties and lawyers. Turco provides law practice consulting to solos and firms through JusticeApp Attorney Services. Attorney Turco co-founded the Greater Newburyport Bar Association in 2016 and served on its board and as its treasurer for four years. Attorney Turco has served extensively at the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA) since 2014 and currently serves as vice president. Turco is also a member of the MBA’s Executive Management Board and Budget & Finance Committee. Turco previously served as chair of the MBA’s Law Practice Management Section Council. Since 2013, he has chaired, participated in or overseen more than 35 law practice management programs and publications, and he regularly mentors other lawyers on practice management, leadership and family law practice. Turco graduated from Bryant College in 1999, and from New England Law | Boston in 2008.
Table of contents
CHAPTER 1 MARRIAGE
CHAPTER 2 JURISDICTION
CHAPTER 3 DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE AND SEPARATE SUPPORT
CHAPTER 4 PRETRIAL PLEADINGS AND DISCOVERY
CHAPTER 5 ALIMONY
CHAPTER 6 DIVISION OF PROPERTY
CHAPTER 7 CHILD SUPPORT
CHAPTER 8 CUSTODY AND VISITATION
CHAPTER 9 ADOPTION
CHAPTER 10 PATERNITY
CHAPTER 11 SURROGACY AND GESTATIONAL AGREEMENTS
CHAPTER 12 AGREEMENTS
CHAPTER 13 SAME-SEX DISSOLUTION ISSUES
CHAPTER 14 ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
CHAPTER 15 ATTORNEY’S FEES
CHAPTER 16 APPELLATE PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 17 ENFORCEMENT AND CONTEMPT
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