Analysis of Draper v. Burke,

450 Mass. 676 (2008)
The question of subject matter jurisdiction posed in Draper v. Burke is not novel, but significant because of its prevalence in today's mobile society. Family law attorneys need to have more than a passing understanding of the Federal act, known as the Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act...   MORE . . .

Analysis of In Re: Hilary,

450 Mass. 491 (2008)
The importance of the very recent case IN RE: HILARY, decided February 5, 2008, lies in the expanded interpretation of G.L.c.119, Section 29 articulated by Justice Ireland regarding the appointment of counsel for indigent parents in the dispositional phase of the CHINS proceeding.  MORE . . .

Analyses by Anita Robboy, Esq.

ARCHIVED CASE ANALYSES

When a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) is allowed, request that the Probate and Family Court Judge sign two copies of the allowed QDRO, one copy for the Court file and one for the attorney to take immediately to the appropriate clerk to certify.  One needs to send to the plan administrator a certified copy of the Judge's order. 

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Upcoming Senior Partners for Justice Luncheons

Speaker: Chief Judge Joan N. Feeney, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts.

The intersection of family law and bankruptcy. 

Also learn about new opportunities for Senior Partners in bankruptcy cases.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)

10 Winter Place, Boston

RSVP to: Jessica Rubin-Wills at 617-423-0648 x 129 or e-mail jrubin-wills@vlpnet.org.

Directions to MCLE

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Senior Partners is Going West

Announcing the launch of Senior Partners for Justice - West, a collaboration between Senior Partners, Western Massachusetts Legal Services, and the Massachusetts Justice Project.  MORE ON SPJ WEST . . .

Senior Partners - West will have a luncheon with Hampden Probate & Family Court Judge David Sacks on July 10, 2008 at 1:00 at Western MA Legal Services.

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Congratulations to Senior Partner,

Attorney Edward Notis-McConarty

A recipient of the 2008 Adams Pro Bono Publico Award

from the Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services

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Congratulations to Senior Partners

Honored by the Volunteer Lawyers Project:

Thomas Monti, Esq.

2008 Senior Partners for Justice Gideon’s Trumpet Award

Harriet Onello, Esq.

2008 Denis Maguire Pro Bono Award

Special Projects of

Senior Partners for Justice

Suffolk County Probate & Family Court Courtroom Lawyer for the Day Project

Pro Bono Guardian Ad Litem Pilot Project

Law Student Public Service Internship in the Probate and Family Court