Amherst Divorce

Julia actually came to my rescue twice. The first time, I was fortunate enough to stumble across her website while looking for divorce mediation. We did not have the time or money for court battles; we just needed someone to insert some sense and sanity into what is already a tricky and painful process.

Pensions are considered marital property that can be divided between divorcing spouses, just like a house or bank account can be divided. For many Massachusetts couples, a public pension-whether MTRS, MA SERS or other state, county, or town pension-is the largest asset that they own.

Even though the person who is earning a pension at their job might not begin drawing on that pension for decades, the pension has a value that needs to be divided during divorce.If you don't understand how pensions work in divorce, it could cost you many tens of thousands of dollars.

Child support is money paid from one parent to another to financially support children when the parents no longer live together. Parents are obligated to support their children financially, regardless of whether they are still married (but living apart), are divorced, or were never married.

The amount of child support depends on a combination of a) how much time the children spend with each parent, b) the incomes of the parents, and c) the number of children the parents have together.The income figures used are adjusted for the amount of money each parent spends on childcare and health care (including dental and vision), and on whether a parent is paying out child support or alimony from a previous relationship.

Couples who are divorcing need to divide all their marital property and debts, assigning property, money, and debts to one spouse or another. All property, income, and debts acquired during the marriage are considered "marital"-it does not matter if one spouse made more money than the other or if the couple kept separate bank accounts and paid for expenses separately.

Alimony is court-ordered payment of monetary support from one spouse to the other for a period of time after divorce. You can calculate the length and duration of general term alimony at the MA alimony calculator. Attorney Rueschemeyer mediates divorces for ALL Massachusetts courts and counties via Zoom.