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Karen K. Greenberg

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Name: Karen K. Greenberg
Date registered: October 25, 2010

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Karen Greenberg is an experienced and accomplished attorney, having concentrated in family law matters for more than twenty years. She regularly represents adoption agencies, adopters and birth parents in all aspects of adoption law. Karen also represents many individuals in disputed family law matters. She helps her clients make their way through difficult and heavily-contested matters, such as divorce, child-related issues of custody, visitation and support, property division, alimony, retirement benefits and paternity. Read more...

Latest posts

  1. HOW TO STAY SAFE IN TIMES OF TROUBLE: BE GOOD TO YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES BY PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM POTENTIAL ABUSE — March 30, 2020
  2. Welcome Back…Really? — May 30, 2019
  3. Attention All Soon to Be Mother-in-Laws
    Attention All Soon to Be Father-in-Laws     — August 17, 2018
  4. What Will They Think of Next? Baby Born in Dallas to Woman without Uterus — February 9, 2018
  5. Massachusetts Legislators: Shame on YOU — June 2, 2017

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  1. The Many Costs of Divorce… — 1 comment

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Apr
28

What’s A Grandparent To Do?

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If it seems as though Grandparent Issues have been on my mind as of late, it is true. Becoming a grandparent myself was like looking into a kaleidoscope: with just an ever-so-slight twist, the landscape is different and perhaps more complicated. One would think that on becoming a grandparent, all of the fun and indulging… Continue reading »

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Apr
19

To Turkey Baste or Not

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Assisted reproduction can take on many forms. Many who decide to build their family through assisted reproduction use the services of a center. The center may be a fertility center, affiliated with sperm and egg banks, and medical facilities, while others are merely in the business of “matching” a person with an egg and or… Continue reading »

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Dec
28

Grandparents Take Note

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Grandparents, take note. I expect that you will readily nod your head when reading: parents have a Constitutional right “to make decisions concerning the care, custody, and control of their child[ren]” Blix v. Blixt, 437 Mass. 649, 651, 655 (2002), and yet not fully grasp the legal and practical implications of the Blixt holding. If… Continue reading »

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Dec
11

November is National Adoption Month

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November is National Adoption Month. In the past, I have written about the probate courts opening their doors, judges clearing their dockets and making adoption a priority in the month of November. This process quickens the pace to allow children who have been waiting for permanency their day in court. However, I am troubled by… Continue reading »

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Apr
07

The Alimony Reform Act: The Court Rules

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As many of you know, the Massachusetts Legislature amended the long standing alimony laws pursuant to the Massachusetts Alimony Reform Act of 2011, effective March 1, 2012 (“Alimony Reform Act”). Formerly known as the Massachusetts Alimony and Property Statute, M.G.L.Ch. 208§34 now addresses only the division of the marital estate. Separate statutes, pursuant to the… Continue reading »

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Mar
12

Post Divorce – Take Hold and Let Go

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Take hold and let go. Think about those words, what do they really mean? What does that have to do with the post divorce climate? And, how can we all put those words into our daily actions? One of the major sources of angst post divorce is misbehavior, characterized by power struggles with the children… Continue reading »

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Mar
13

Sex is Notice: The Cure for Every Adoptive Parent’s Nightmare

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As an adoptive parent, I know that the biggest nightmare for parents after finalization of the adoption is the possibility of a birth parent challenging the adoption. Recently, I had the opportunity to help a couple that had adopted several years earlier, and that was potentially facing just such a challenge. Fortunately, in that case,… Continue reading »

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Oct
02

Gestational Carriers: The Wild Frontier

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I recently represented a married couple who wanted to adopt a child soon to be born to a gestational carrier, and who stepped in when the relationship between the carrier and the intended parents of the child drastically went wrong. The gestational carrier had been implanted with an egg fertilized with the intended father’s sperm,… Continue reading »

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Jun
29

Have It Your Way

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Want to make a baby? Options range from the back of your daddy’s Lincoln, to the turkey baster, to the sperm cocktail. Indeed, thanks to the ever-improving science of reproductive technology, more options are becoming available all the time. While the folks able to rely on traditional methods remain on their own, in recent years,… Continue reading »

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Jun
08

Case Closed (Practically)…Or Be Careful What You Wish For

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Recently, I had the opportunity to reach the ear of an understanding, no-nonsense judge in an alimony modification. The facts: simply put, the husband lost his job and sought court relief from his hefty alimony obligation. The husband had custody of the party’s only child; the wife worked part time and paid no child support.… Continue reading »

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