USA – MASSACHUSETTS Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Mary H. Schmidt, Rachel A. Deering, Hannah R. Zukoff and Mariah G. Tappan Verrill Dana, LLP
Verrill Dana, LLP is a full-service law firm with 42 at - torneys whose practices include family law, private clients and fiduciary services, trusts and estates, tax, business law, real estate, and related disciplines that support complex family matters. Through offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Westport and Greenwich, Connecticut; Portland, Maine; and New York, the firm advises individuals, families, business owners, ex - ecutives, and family offices on domestic and interna - tional family law issues. Verrill’s family law attorneys
regularly handle child relocation and “move-away” cases, custody disputes, parental rights matters, and interstate and international family law proceed - ings, including parental abduction matters. The team works closely with lawyers across the firm to address the trust, estate-planning, tax, business, and real es - tate issues that often arise in relocation disputes. Re - cent matters have included relocation cases involv - ing high-net-worth families, closely held businesses, significant real estate holdings, and trust interests.
Authors
Mary H. Schmidt is counsel at Verrill Dana, LLP in Boston, Massachusetts, where she advises high-net-worth individuals on marital and non-marital disputes, post-marital support matters, and prenuptial and
Rachel A. Deering is a partner at Verrill Dana, LLP in Boston, Massachusetts, where she focuses her practice on complex family law litigation, including Hague Convention proceedings, international
postnuptial agreements. With more than 30 years of experience, she also draws on extensive knowledge of federal and Massachusetts trust and estate law. Mary is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and before the US Supreme Court. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the American Bar Foundation, and the Boston Bar Foundation, and a former President of the Boston Estate Planning Council.
jurisdictional disputes, and relocation cases. She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, and Maine, as well as before the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She serves in leadership roles within the Family Law Sections of both the American Bar Association and the Massachusetts Bar Association and is a member of the US Department of State’s Hague Convention Attorney Network and AIJA.
Hannah R. Zukoff is a senior associate at Verrill Dana, LLP in Boston, Massachusetts, where she focuses her practice on sophisticated family law matters, with extensive experience in domestic violence
Mariah G. Tappan is an associate at Verrill Dana, LLP in Boston,
Massachusetts, where she represents clients in a broad range of family law matters, including contested custody disputes, and complex asset division. She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
cases, highly contested custody disputes, and sophisticated asset division. She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine.
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