By Virginia A. Dyer, Esq., Associate Hera Law The automatic restraining order relates to financial, health insurance, and beneficiary issues of parties to a divorce. When a Party files for divorce or separate support a Divorce/Separate Support Summons is issued. The Summons is required to be served with the Complaint on the other spouse. On...Read More

By Virginia A. Dyer, Esq., Associate Hera Law There are two types of divorce in Massachusetts. They are uncontested divorces and contested divorces. Uncontested Divorce. An uncontested divorce is where the parties have come to an agreement regarding the division of their assets and liabilities, child custody and visitation issues, if any, and the rights...Read More

General Information Regarding Child Support Generally speaking the non-custodial parent pays child support to the custodial parent. Child support is calculated by taking into account both parties gross weekly income, the number of children, and giving credits to the parent who pays health insurance and/or child care costs. You can calculate child support by using...Read More

There are many great benefits to being a landlord. It is a great way to make money if you are smart about it. Getting the rent every month can go towards paying off the property and eventually providing an income although being a landlord is not without some problems. Landlords and tenants can undergo many...Read More

The State of Massachusetts defines a lemon as a new or leased vehicle that impairs the use, the safety, or the market value and which has not been properly fixed even after a reasonable number of tries. Lemon law cases are very common in Massachusetts and the Lemon Law is designed in a way to...Read More

As with most major changes in life, divorce can be a time of stress and upheaval. However, with a little preparation, you can make the change a little easier and possibly help influence the odds to fall in your favor if you fear your spouse may try to make things difficult. A good divorce lawyer...Read More

One of the main issues which need to be decided during divorces is which one of the parents will get the custody over the child. It happens quite often that after the parents get divorced, one of the parents may seek relocation outside of the state of Massachusetts. This can affect both the relationship between...Read More

Pet Prenups By Amanda Castro, Esq. Prenuptial agreements regarding domestic pets are on the rise as more and more attorneys across the country are recommending them to their clients. This is due to the high rates of divorce, and more and more people realizing that their beloved pets must go to one spouse or the...Read More

Hera Law is a Massachusetts based law firm providing many different litigation services with locations in Maynard & Quincy. No matter if the dispute is small or big, our attorneys always have a professional and offer a devoted approach in every civil matter and any general litigation. Civil litigation is a part of the law...Read More

President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration and Frequently Asked Questions On November 20, 2014 President Obama announced his much-anticipated executive plan on immigration. According to reports, more than 4 million undocumented immigrants would benefit from the plan. However, even with such a high number of potential beneficiaries, millions of immigrants are still left out. This...Read More