Child Support/Child Custody

Boston Child Custody, Support and Visitation Attorneys

Perhaps the most difficult challenge in a divorce involves what to do about the children. Who gets custody? How do we continue to support them? What happens as our lives change? The answers to these important concerns will be different for every family. Ideally parents should work it out together for the benefit of the whole family. When they cannot, the courts must intervene and make decisions that are in the best interests of the children.

At the Boston, Massachusetts family law firm of Dane Shulman Associates, LLC our experienced lawyers guide and support you through this difficult time. We will help you make the sound decisions that affect everyone's lives moving forward. Contact us for experienced and compassionate help with divorce and related custody and child support matters.

Child Custody and Visitation

Child custody can be the most important issue in a divorce proceeding. Custody includes both the legal and physical custody. Barring extreme circumstances, both parents generally receive joint legal custody of their children, giving both equal rights to make decisions affecting their children's lives, including:

• Education
• Heath and medical care
• Child care and daily needs
• Relocations

Physical custody, or where the children live, can be more controversial. Protecting your rights as a parent is just as important as the interests of your children. We provide the insight and advice you need in custody, support and other divorce concerns.

Child Support

Changes to child support laws in Massachusetts provide additional guidelines for the court to consider in a divorce case. Based on individual incomes, expenses and many other factors, the new guidelines not only make child support here among some of the most expensive in the country, they also affect payers and receivers and impact changing support orders after the divorce decree is finalized.

From helping educate clients on how custody and support affect their family, to dealing with payments in arrears or making modifications as circumstances change, Dane Shulman Associates offers over five decades of skilled and attentive legal representation that can make difference in the lives of your family.

Contact us online at our Boston office, or call us to learn more.