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Allen Law Group, PC
Attorney Aaron E. Allen is an experienced trial attorney who has been practicing law throughout Massachusetts for over seventeen years. Attorney Allen specializes in representing individuals and families in all aspects of family law, including divorce, child custody, child support, modifications, removal, division of assets, abuse prevention issues and care and protection matters among many others. He also has extensive experience representing individuals and businesses offering comprehensive counsel and guidance in multiple areas of law including civil litigation and construction and business matters. Attorney Allen is a member of the Committee for Public Counsel Services’ Children and Family Law Practice and Appellate Panel representing families in matters involving the Department of Children and Families.
Attorney Allen is a member of the Salem, Boston, Essex County and Massachusetts Bar Associations as well as the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys. During law school Attorney Allen clerked at the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board and later was hired by KPMG, LLP as a tax attorney and business consultant in their tax consulting practice. Attorney Allen served in the Massachusetts Army National Guard for eight years during college and law school. Attorney Allen resides in Topsfield, Massachusetts with his family and is active in coaching youth sports.
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In 2004 Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same sex marriage. Same sex marriage was legalized due to a ruling in favor of marriage equality in the 2003 case Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, 440 Mass. 309, 798 N.E. 2d 941, (2003). Following suit, in 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court decided the landmark case Obergefell v. Hodges, which ruled that denying same sex couples the right to marry was a violation of their constitutional rights.
In most aspects, same sex couples face the same legal issues that heterosexual couples face when it comes to marriage. In Massachusetts, the laws regarding what constitutes a valid marriage are the same regardless of whether the couples are heterosexual or not. Additionally, like heterosexual couples, same sex couples may benefit from creating prenuptial or postnuptial agreements.
Divorce is also treated the same way. However, there are complex complications that may come into play when handling child custody issues and rights of non-biological parents. Although Massachusetts does not require both parents to be biological to have parental rights, (see Gabriella Della Corte vs. Angelica Ramirez, 81 Mass. App. Ct. 906, (2012)), there are circumstances in which one parent’s rights could be called into question. With such an important issue such as child visitation at stake, it is important that you have an experienced attorney at your side.
Contact Attorney Allen of the Allen Law Group, P.C. today! Attorney Allen will help you through each step of the process and get you what you deserve. Contact Attorney Allen at (978) 219-9694 and/or at aaron@allenlawgrouppc.com and protect your rights!
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7/22/2019