Modifications

Effective Boston Divorce Judgment Modification Law Firm

Bishop & Reidy, P.C. can help you with all of your divorce settlement and child custody modification needs. Our attorneys work hard to make sure that family law officials recognize your changing circumstances. We have earned a reputation in family courts throughout eastern Massachusetts for our integrity and concern for meeting our client's needs. We develop and present a clear case for your modification needs and are resolved to helping you get your request approved.

Support reductions and increases

Most of our clients contact us seeking a reduction in support or alimony payments. It is also important to remember that custodial parents have an equal right to request an increasein child support to provide for the welfare of the child or themselves. We can help you with all of your divorce modifications needs.

We help people with divorce modification issues such as:

A separation agreement isn't necessarily binding after your divorce

If you and your spouse have signed a legal separation agreement intended to serve as terms of an eventual settlement after divorce, the terms may still be modified. A Massachusetts Superior Court has ruled that a separation agreement cannot be used to "fix for all times" the level of support that can be ordered in a divorce judgment. Specific to child support orders, the court ruled that parents may not "bargain away the rights of their children" by pre-determining levels of child support in a separation agreement.*

To learn more about divorce modifications or child support changes, contact our offices to schedule a consultation.

*Ryan v. Ryan, 371 Mass. 430, (1976)