In this episode of the Boston Barrister Podcast, Attorney Kevin Patrick Seaver and Attorney Paola Rossetti explain how modifications work in the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court.
They discuss when you can ask the court to modify child support, custody, parenting time, or alimony after a divorce or family court order. The attorneys explain what qualifies as a “material and substantial change in circumstances,” how to properly file a Complaint for Modification, and why timing matters.
The conversation also covers changes in employment, income, parenting schedules, relocation, remarriage, retirement, child support after age 18, and why resolving issues outside of court is often the best solution whenever possible.
Whether you are paying or receiving child support or alimony, or considering changing an existing custody order, this episode provides practical guidance on Massachusetts family law modifications.
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Since 1991 Boston attorney Kevin Patrick Seaver has specialized in family law, including divorce and fighting false child abuse allegations and getting DCF cases closed once and for all. Giving parents freedom and happiness.
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Transcript:
Welcome to the Boston Barrister. My name is Kevin Patrick Seaver, and of course, I’m from Boston, Massachusetts as a lawyer. With me today is attorney Paolo Rossetti. Paolo, introduce yourself, please. Hello, Paola Rossetti here. This week on the Boston Barista, we’re gonna talk about modification,
the probate and family court of Massachusetts. What is the purpose of modification? The purpose of modification is to change a court order or request the court to change a court order. That’s some of the categories that you’d ask the court to change in a modification. You can ask them to change child support, custody and parenting time, alimony, and other matters. What is required to bring a modification forward? The person bringing the modification needs to show a material and substantial change in circumstances
since the court order was last issued. Substantial and material change in facts.
So how about an example of that? Is this kinda like mumbo jumbo legal stuff?(…) Let’s break it down into simple terms that everyone, including me, can understand.
That’s right. So one example is for child support, maybe the parent who is providing child support lost their job. So they have less ability or no ability to pay temporarily.
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