Family Law

CLSACC handles cases involving:

• Domestic violence and abuse
  
• Divorce and separation
  
• Child support
  
• Child custody
  
• Safe visitation
  
• Support from your spouse
  
• Division and preservation of marital property
  
• Health care coverage
  

These legal services are free and are available to people who live in Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Cambridge, Brookline, Chelsea, Everett, Medford, Somerville and Watertown.

Know Your Rights

See our booklets, A Guide to How Probate and Family Courts Handle Cases Involving Domestic Violence and A Guide to Child Support and How Probate and Family Courts Handle Cases Involving Child Support

• What probate courts can do about domestic violence
  
  
• Your rights when your case is handled by the probate court's Family Service Office
  
  
• What a restraining order can do and how to have a restraining order designed to fit your particular safety needs
  
  
• How the law defines "abuse"
  
  
• Whom you can get a restraining order against
  
  
• What you can do if a restraining order is violated
  
  
• How probate courts can give special consideration for domestic violence in custody and visitation cases
  
  
• About your right to financial support for your children (child support) and how the Probate court makes child support orders
  
  
• How the probate court can make a child support order even if the other parent claims not to be working or have any money
  
  
• Your right to keep your address secret in probate court cases when there is domestic violence and how you can receive child support when you are in a shelter or secret place because of domestic violence
  

And about many other rights you may have

To get legal assistance
call CLSACC at (617) 661-1010
between the hours of 9 - 5,
Monday through Friday

CLSACC also provides affordable psychological counseling to help you deal with abuse or the stress of family break-up.

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