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Recently, a Brooklyn woman was allowed to serve her estranged husband with a summons and complaint for divorce through the social media website Facebook. However, the practice of serving individuals online or though social media is not very common. It is usually used only when the other party to the marriage cannot be located to …

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To date, Massachusetts has not enacted a version of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (“UCCJEA”). In MA, the predecessor to the UCCJEA, Massachusetts’s variant of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (“MCCJA”) still governs. If you are a person who has resided in MA with your minor son or daughter it is …

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Do you suddenly find yourself separated from your child’s parent and need to determine how you are going to share physical custody of the child? You are not alone. There are thousands of Massachusetts’ parents who are separated and need to create a custody agreement a/k/a parenting plan. Parenting plans come in all shapes and …

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On September 4, 2014, Wenjing Liu, a 32-year-old Chinese citizen living in the United States was boarding United Airlines Flight 897 to China with her four-year-old son. Ms. Liu was separated from her husband, the child’s father. Pursuant to a temporary court order, the husband was granted visitation with the child. The court order further …

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Divorce rates are rapidly rising in China. According to China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs, there were 3.5 million more divorces in 2014 than in the previous year, constituting an increase of 13.5 percent. Divorces are complex legal affairs and international divorces are especially complex. If you were married in China and are now living in …

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