Modifications
Family law cases can involve complex collateral questions regarding taxes, trusts and estates and business entities, and family lawyers at small family law firms may not have ready access to tax attorneys, trust and estate attorneys, corporate and real estate attorneys to assist and advise their clients on such questions. As a mid-sized law firm, we have these experienced attorneys available to collaborate, working together on our clients’ behalf at a value Boston-based firms cannot match.
Modification Judgments
Modification of an existing court order or judgment may be required due to changes in employment, marital status or changing needs of children. One common basis for a child support modification is where the children are attending or preparing to attend college, particularly in cases where the children were very young at the time of the divorce and it would have been premature to account for college expenses. Our family law attorneys also frequently represent clients in pursuing or responding to complaints for modification of parenting plans or alimony based on material changes in the parties’ circumstances.
Representative Cases
Following trial of a modification of alimony case, we successfully proved that the payor had undisclosed sources of income available to pay alimony, resulting in a larger award than our client would otherwise have received.
Meet Our Family Law Attorneys at Wilchins Cosentino & Novins
David Burgess
Attorney
Michael P. Friedman
Attorney
Erin Fitch Nielson
Attorney
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