News & Analysis as of

Appeals › Alimony › Family Law Courts

Bowditch & Dewey

Cavanagh Strikes Again – Income for Calculating Child Support

Bowditch & Dewey on

In 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued a major decision impacting the calculation of alimony and child support. In Cavanagh v. Cavanagh, in addition to setting a new procedure for determining alimony...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of July 7 - 11, 2025

Carlton Fields on

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Heid v. Rutkoski - § 1983, qualified immunity - Nalco v. Bonday - arbitration, vacatur - Sunshine State v. US CIS - immigration, EB-5, annual fee, retroactivity ...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Appellate Division Addresses Termination of Alimony at Retirment, Focusing on Whether Recipient Had or Could Have Saved for...

Fox Rothschild LLP on

Even before the alimony statute was amended in 2014, there was a misconception that permanent alimony was actually permanent and could not be modified under any circumstances. I heard that tired argument many times despite...more

Conn Kavanaugh

Massachusetts Appeals Court Sheds Light on Double-Dipping in Trethewey v. Trethewey Divorce Settlement

Conn Kavanaugh on

While it is standard practice that an asset will be valued and divided in a divorce, what happens when the same asset that was divided between spouses is also used to generate income for support? In such divorce cases, a...more

4 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide