Legal Question in Family Law in Massachusetts

Re: illegal child support order

I'm going to guess that you might be

paying spousal and not child support. I'm also

going to guess that mom isn't working and the court

doesn't want her to be financially dependent on

the state. And I'm going to guess that you showed

mom to be so dysfunctional that you gave her an excuse

for not working and the court an excuse for saddling

you with support payments.

We see this when a spouse -- more often the hubby --

comes in and says I want

to force him or her to be mentally examined.

Then when the spouse is certifiable, the scenario I just described takes place: she gets a loooong vacation and he gets to make out a looooong check.

The Boomerang syndrome. Throw it out there and it comes back and hits you.

To avoid the boomerang, you and your lawyer must

be extremely careful how the situation is

presented to the court. This takes skill both

in writing pleadings, making arguments of law

and fact to the court, the ability to put the

right spin on the facts.

This is not the time to say, See, I told you you were nuts.

Which judge?

Please let me know if events are NOT as I've described.

Thanks.