Lexis Nexis Massachusetts Legal Practice Library Volumes 9 & 10: Massachusetts Domestic Relations
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Volumes 9 and 10 of the Massachusetts Legal Practice Library
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Featured Authors
John G. DiPiano
John G. DiPiano is a principal and founding partner of DiPiano Godson LLP. Attorney DiPiano concentrates his practice in civil litigation, with a focus on family law and probate litigation. He is an experienced trial attorney who has been practicing since 1995. Attorney DiPiano is a 1988 Graduate of the University of Massachusetts, magna cum laude, where he had a dual major in English and Philosophy. He is a 1995 graduate of the New England School of Law, cum laude. Prior to becoming a member of the Massachusetts and U.S. District Court bars, Attorney DiPiano worked for the United States Department of Labor and was hired through the Outstanding Scholar Program. He then worked for Esdaile, Barett and Esdaile as a law clerk while attending law school. After graduating from law school, Attorney DiPiano was employed as counsel for the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement Division and then went on to private practice with Rosenblum & Studen, P.C. His practice group merged with Lane Altman & Owens, LLP, and thereafter he established his own practice. Attorney DiPiano was named a “Rising Star,” one of Boston’s “Top Up and Coming Young Lawyers” by Boston Magazine in 2006. The designation is determined by other “Super Lawyers” who peer nominate for the honor. Attorney DiPiano is a member of the University of Massachusetts Club, Massachusetts Bar Association, Justinian Law Society, and is a Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Lloyd D. Godson
Lloyd D. Godson is a principal and founding partner of DiPiano Godson LLP. 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 serves as a panel attorney for the United States State Department. Attorney Godson served as President of the Middlesex County Bar Association from January 2010 through January 2012, through which he served as a Delegate to the Massachusetts Bar Association House of Delegates. He was formerly President Elect, Secretary and Council Member to the Middlesex County Bar Association. Attorney Godson is also a conciliator through the Middlesex County conciliation program, a pro bono service funded through the Massachusetts Bar Foundation designed to bring resolution to family law matters through mediation. Attorney Godson is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Foundation, Middlesex County Bar Association, and serves on the Massachusetts Bar Association Family Law Section Council. Attorney Godson also travels to international conferences with the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Commission on Couple 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.
Table of contents
VOLUME 1
Ch 1 - Overview
Ch 2 - Preliminary Steps and Representation
Ch 3 - Grounds for Divorce
Ch 4 - Jurisdiction and Venue
Ch 5 - Commencement of Action and Responsive Pleadings
Ch 6 - Interlocutory Relief
Ch 7 - Financial Statements
Ch 8 - Custody of Minor Children and Visitation
Ch 9 - Guardian Ad Litem
Ch 10 - Child Support
Ch 11 - Alimony
Ch 12 - Division of Marital Assets
Ch 13 - Discovery, In General
Ch 14 - Case Management Conference, Pre-Trial Conference, Master's Hearings
VOLUME 2
Ch 15 - Agreements and Uncontested Trials
Ch 16 - Contested Trials, Trial Preparation, Consolidation, Impoundment
& Dismissals
Ch 17 - Judgment and Post Judgment Remedies
Ch 18 - Counsel Fees
Ch 19 - Contempt Actions
Ch 20 - Modifications
Ch 21 - Appeals
Ch 22 - Abuse Prevention
Ch 23 - Children Born Out of Wedlock
Ch 24 - Annulments, Separate Support, Affirmation of Marriage, Complaints for Support
Ch 25 - Prenuptial And Postnuptial Agreements
Table of Cases
Table of Statutory References
Index
