Family Law Symposium - May 2026
Unequal Aftermath: Economic Vulnerability During and Post Divorce
MFAC held its second Family Law Symposium in May 2026 at Suffolk University Law School. Retired judges, private-pay and legal services attorneys, leading financial experts, and advocates came together to learn about the causes of the unequal economic aftermath of divorce and the divorce process. Thank you to former Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Chief Justice John Casey (ret.) and to co-sponsors MLRI, Women’s Bar Foundation, Women’s Bar Association, and Social Law Library.
MFAC Executive Director Margie Palladino and MFAC members at the State House with Senator Moore, lead sponsor of S. 1205 An Act Relative to Abusive and Controlling Litigation
Family Law Symposium Flyer 2026
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Follow-Up Materials
- Abusive Litigation Fact Sheet 2025
- Caselaw Update – Amalia Jorns
- Child Support Guidelines Update 5.8.26 – Jamie Sabino
- Economic Abuse Fact Sheet – September 2025
- Economic Abuse Relief Act (EARA) – Kristen Bor-Zale
- Economic Abuse Relief Act Language
- Gendered Economic Disparities Post-Divorce – Rachel Biscardi
- Myth Reality Cost of Divorce Data – Rebecca Epstein
- Recognizing and Responding to Economic Abuse – Adrienne Adams & Margo Cook
- The Department of Revenue and Your Child Support Case – Anne Sheldon
Keynote speakers Margo Cook, CFP, CDFA, CAP, Rothschild Capital Partners, and Adrienne Adams, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University, explained how to identify and assess financial abuse and quantify economic harm in divorce actions.
MFAC Executive Director Margie Palladino thank the attendees for their interest in learning about the causes of the unequal economic aftermath of divorce and the divorce process.
Rebecca Epstein, MPH and MFAC director spoke as a researcher, advocate, and survivor.
Hon. Maureen Monks (ret.). a prominent family law lawyer before serving as a Probate and Family Court judge, she now works as an Access to Justice Fellow with the Volunteer Lawyers Project, helping to provide pro bono conciliation services to self-represented litigants.
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