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Lee & Rivers LLP practices Family Law at the highest level of skill, knowledge, sophistication and versatility. Long recognized as a leader in its field, this preeminent firm of nationally recognized partners and talented associate attorneys represents clients in complex matrimonial financial matters, contested child custody disputes and other associated substantive facets of domestic relations law practice.
Established in 1984 Lee & Rivers LLP now serves its clients through its legal group consisting of partners David H. Lee, Robert J. Rivers, Jr., Jessica M. Dubin and Claire K. Forkner and associate attorneys Lindsay V. Mason and Holly A. Hinte. The firm’s Back Bay office is conveniently located and easily accessible from all points of Greater Boston. The firm practices in all venues of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
News & Articles
What Constitutes a Valid Marriage?
October 23, 2020 by Lindsay V. Mason
It is axiomatic that in order to get a divorce, a couple must first establish that they are married, an essential if typically easy first step in the process that we as practitioners probably take for granted in most cases. However, ...read more
E.K. v. S.C.: A New Family Law Removal Inquiry Established by the Appeals Court
August 26, 2020 by Jessica M. Dubin
Heads Up In E.K. v. S.C., 97 Mass. App. Ct. 403 (2020), the Appeals Court established a new removal inquiry that applies when an out-of-state, non-custodial parent seeks custody of a child living in Massachusetts and requests permission to ...read more
The Appeals Court Has it Right Regarding Self-Adjusting Support Orders
April 29, 2016 by David H. Lee, Esquire
William and Chouteau Levine’s March 28, 2016 Opinion Piece seems to suggest support for and the value of self-adjusting support orders in family law cases. In support for their position they reference the case of Stanton-Abbott v. ...read more
Counterpoint re: Alimony Reform and Cohabitation
June 19, 2012 by David H. Lee, Esquire
Maureen McBrien’s opinion piece in Lawyers Weekly of April 30, 2012 was interesting to read as a perspective of an attorney facing a new issue in the area of family law. It is important that the changes in the Alimony Law, which went into ...read more
The “Double-Dipping” Concept in Business Valuation for Divorce Purposes
March 29, 2012 by Robert J. Rivers, Jr., Esquire
Among the issues frequently considered in divorce cases is the value to be assigned to a spouse’s business interest for asset division purposes pursuant to M.G.L. c. 208, §34. While business valuation experts often value such interests for ...read more
Pitfalls of the new Massachusetts alimony law: Recomputation and alimony fixed as child support
March 7, 2012 by David H. Lee, Esquire
March 1, 2012 was the effective date of the Act Reforming Alimony in the Commonwealth. The provisions are contained in Sections 48 through 55 of Chapter 208 of the General Laws of Massachusetts. Four different types of alimony are ...read more