The New Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines
This is a free program – registration is required.
This program is online only and will be recorded. Everyone who registers will receive a link to the video recordings for sessions they are registered for.
Faculty
- Hon. Michael Anderson, Probate and Family Court
- Matthew Barach, Esq., Barach Family Law (moderator)
- Denise Fitzgerald, Esq., Assistant Deputy Court Administrator, Probate and Family Court
- Maureen McBrien, Esq., Brick, Jones, McBrien & Hickey LLP
- Lee Sanderson, CPA, ABV, CFF, CVA, MST – Valuation Forensics, LLC
- Gary Todd, Esq., Todd & Weld LLP
Join us for a timely panel discussion on the newly‐released 2025 Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines, effective December 1, 2025.
These updated guidelines reflect new income thresholds, childcare and healthcare cost benchmarks, as well as important changes to how courts will calculate and modify child support.
Key Topics
- Overview of major changes in the 2025 Guidelines
- How these changes may affect existing and new child support orders
- Judicial discretion and deviation: what remains and what has shifted
- Practical implications for attorneys, paralegals, and self-represented parties
- Q&A with panelists
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Family law attorney Matthew Barach, (principal of Barach Law Group LLC and author of the American Bar Association’s The Family Law Guide to Appellate Practice) and special guests (including family law judges) present this six-part series. Topics include the decision to practice family law, the divorce process, temporary orders, drafting, pre-trials, the trial itself and the after effects.
Trial Court Chief Justice Heidi E. Brieger announced the promulgation of the 2025 Child Support Guidelines, effective December 1, 2025, based on a comprehensive review by the 2024-2025 Child Support Guidelines Task Force, which must review the Guidelines every four years.