Legal Question in Family Law in Massachusetts

Re: Divorce and long term relationship

What you have been told is not accurate. While the length of the marriage will have some impact on your support requirements, it is not necessarily true that you will have to support your spouse the rest of her life.

It will depend on your ages, assets, skills and earning capacity. If she works or not. If she has the ability and skills to work. Her age and health as well as yours.

There are plenty of marriages where the have been married more than 10 years and the wife gets no alimony.

I suggest you contact an attorney and go over all your facts ASAP, if you really want a divorce.

Please feel free to contact me without obligation.

Re: Divorce and long term relationship

I agree with everything Attorney Roth said and would like to add that a divorce settlement has no real limits. This means that you can structure anything you want - provided that it works for both parties and both parties agree to it. If you end up having to pay alimony, you might go the traditional route of paying it every month or you can elect to have a lump sum in the beginning and never have to pay again.

It is all up to the parties on how they want their divorce to go and how they want to part ways.

Don't hesitate to contact me for a free consulation if you want to go ahead with the divorce.

: Divorce and lsemi-long term marriage

I agree generally with both.

It may be your use of the words or the suspect advice you are getting from a suspect source.

Posting a question merely gets you near the threshold, but not over to reach the first step.

What you are addressing and the way you re asking suggests that you need to consult an attorney. While inexperienced people have a sense of the law, often it is colored. There are books in libraries and law libraries that will provide you an over-all guide of the divorce process and some of the potential issues.

If you have any other questions, please contact me.

Re: Divorce and long term relationship

Unfortunately it depends on a lot of different factors, including how long you have been married. If you are contemplating divorce - you should consult an attorney.