Legal Question in Family Law in Massachusetts

Pre-divorce rights for children
I have a friend that just started divorce proceedings. The father of her children is being very threatening to my friend, telling her that he will take their 4 children away from her. He is doing this because he is spiteful and is angry at her for leaving him and also insists she had an affair, which she did not. This man is constantly bribing the children with trips and gifts to get them to want to live with him, and to get them to stop their regular activities (such as soccer. He doesn't want their mother to bring them to activities because he is suspicious of every activity that is run by a man. He has told the children that it was their mother's fault that he moved out.. that she had an affair. Their oldest is 13, and he has told her that she will get to decide where she wants to live. She has no money of her own (he is a physician & she a stay at home mom). My question is this: what can she do today? It seems that the divorce process is taking so long; meanwhile her children are exposed to emotional abuse from their father.

Asked on 4/28/04, 9:37 pm

Joseph Murray Joseph M. Murray, Esq.

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Re: Pre-divorce rights for children

She should dicuss with her divorce attorney what options are available to her pending the divorce to address these matters.

Answered on 4/29/04, 10:02 am

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