Attorney Gabrielle L. Denby founded The Denby Law Office, P.C. in October 2015, and represents clients in all areas of Domestic Relations Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Probate and Estate Planning and LGBTQ/Non-Traditional Law. While Gabrielle is a trial attorney and zealously represents clients in litigating divorce, modification, contempt, custody, and paternity/parentage actions, she always aims to avoid unnecessary and costly litigation. Gabrielle is a strong adv

Brumleve v. Ouellette 89 Mass. App. Ct. 1129 (2016) Ever since its inception on March 1, 2012, the Massachusetts Alimony Reform Act has caused a lot of confusion about how the act effects alimony arrangements that were made prior to its enactment. This is especially true for cohabitation cases in which the payer-spouse wants to reduce or terminate alimony because the recipient-spouse is receiving financial help from the person he/she is living with. Most recently, this issu

One of the biggest challenges in custody agreements is when the custodial parent wants to move out of Massachusetts, but the non-custodial parent objects because it would disrupt the non-custodial parent’s parenting-time[1] with the child. This issue was recently addressed in the case of Rosenwasser v. Rosenwasser in the Massachusetts Appeals Court.[2] The case is an important read for anyone who wants an overview of how the Massachusetts courts deal with removal cases and

Let’s imagine two scenarios of misdemeanor domestic violence. In the first scenario, a husband throws a plate directly at his wife and she suffers serious injuries. In the second scenario, a husband throws a plate against a wall where his wife is standing and the wife is similarly injured. The outcome in both these scenarios is the same: the wife is harmed as a result of her husband’s violent behavior. The difference, however, is in the husband’s mental state when he threw