Around the Table
Levitt Family Law & Mediation’s Blog
Our society tends to have a win-lose mentality.
Levitt Family Law & Mediation is a family law firm dedicated to helping clients achieve a win-win resolution to family legal matters including divorce, child custody, parenting plans, guardianship, and conservatorship.
Reducing Conflict in the World of Divorce: The Crankometer
In our family, we call it the “Crankometer”. When tensions are high, we ask ourselves if we were able to measure the tension in the household, where would we be on the Crankometer? This usually gets us to laugh, and of course the tension is immediately reduced. Once...
Divorce: In the Breaking, Is There a New Beginning, a Path Forward?
As an avid reader, I often come across books that make me think of the many experiences my clients are going through and what they mean. I recently read a book called The Beauty in Breaking by Dr. Michele Harper, an emergency room physician who wrote about her...
The Table: What’s On It and What’s Under It – The Division of Personal Property in Divorce
I am an avid reader and recently read a book by Dr. Donna Hicks, an internationally renowned authority on dignity. The concept of it’s not what’s on the table, but what’s under the table that matters really resonated with me personally and professionally as I help...
Alimony and the New 2021 Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines
Part 2 of 2: The interplay of child support and alimony Massachusetts revises its Child Support Guidelines approximately every four years. New guidelines have been enacted which became effective on October 4, 2021. In Part 1 of our 2-part blog series, we talked about...
Massachusetts Has New Child Support Guidelines as of October 4, 2021
Part 1: What’s changed and why does it matter? Massachusetts revises its Child Support Guidelines approximately every four years. New guidelines have been enacted which became effective on October 4, 2021. These Child Support Guidelines are presumptive. There’s a...