Posted by Attorney Bruce Watson About one-half of the men and women I defend against criminal charges have an alcohol or drug problem. Perhaps one-quarter of the women and men I represent in divorce proceedings have experienced a substance abuse problem in the marriage. While many people still think of this issue in terms of […]

Posted by Attorney Bruce Watson In Massachusetts, child support is typically based on a spouse’s income…but not all the money that a spouse happens to receive counts as “income.” For instance, an ex-wife owned 20 percent of a family corporation. When she and her husband divorced, she got custody of their three children and the […]

Posted by Attorney Bruce Watson Adultery is still a criminal offense in Massachusetts, although prosecution of such a crime is exceedingly rare, and its use in divorce proceedings has fallen into disfavor.  Nevertheless, an allegation of adultery may affect child custodial arrangements and is a development in a divorce proceeding to be taken seriously. Massachusetts […]

More and more spouses who are thinking about divorce, or who are going through the divorce process, are snooping on the other spouse. They’re looking for evidence of adultery, hidden assets, bad parenting, or other information that might give them a leg up in a divorce or custody proceeding. “Snooping” covers a wide range of […]

The Boston metro-west part of Middlesex County, and all of Norfolk County, and the suburban neighborhoods of Boston, and the northern cities and towns of Plymouth County form the Metro-south and Metro-west suburban regions of Boston. These cities, towns and neighborhoods contain about 1.7 million people. The so-called “crude” divorce rate, which looks at the […]