Probate and Family Court suspends parent education standing order
The Probate and Family Court has announced that Standing Order 2-16 — Parent Education Program Attendance and the Temporary Amendment to Standing Order 2-16: Parent Education Program Attendance are suspended effective Sept. 1, 2021.
Parents in divorce cases filed as of July 12, 2021, will not be required to submit a parent education certificate. Parents in divorce cased filed until July 11, 2021, will be required to submit a parent education certificate before Sept. 1, 2021.
All court-approved parent education programs must complete their programs by Aug. 31, 2021. No new programs may be offered under the auspices of Probate and Family Court Standing Order 2-16 or its temporary amendment on or after Sept. 1, 2021.
Over the next several months, the Probate and Family Court will consider whether the parent education program can be restructured to offer a comprehensive, online, evidence-based program to parents in contested cases only. The Probate and Family Court anticipates issuing a request for proposals to evaluate the different options available.
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eDelivery of certain Land Court notices begins next week
Next week, the Land Court will be joining other Trial Court departments in launching the eDelivery of certain court-issued notices and documents. eDelivery means that certain court-related correspondence and documents will be emailed to attorneys, rather than sent in paper through the mail. More information about eDelivery in the Trial Court is available here.
Upon the launch of eDelivery, for the three Land Court notices listed below, attorneys of record will no longer receive paper copies by mail, and instead will receive the notice by email at the email address registered with the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers. Attorneys will continue to receive paper copies of any other Land Court correspondence and notices not enabled for eDelivery.
The court notices that will now be eDelivered by email from the Land Court are:
- Case management conference notice and order
- Notice of status conference
- Notice of telephone conference call
As the Trial Court expands this initiative over the coming months, additional Land Court notices and documents will be enabled for eDelivery. Additional information will be made available on which court notices and documents have been enabled on the court’s eDelivery webpage.
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Land Court adopts Standing Order 1-21
On June 30, with the approval of the chief justice of the Trial Court, the Land Court has promulgated Standing Order 1-21: Dismissal without prejudice of prematurely filed complaints for certificate after death. The amendment is effective Aug. 2, 2021.
Standing Order 1-21 can be found on the court's website.
Additionally, the Land Court chief title examiner has issued a new Registered Land Memorandum to accompany Standing Order 2-21 and provide instructions and guidance to Registry District personnel. The chief title examiner’s memorandum is also available on the website.
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Job Openings
Attorney positions at MassHousing
MassHousing is seeking two experienced attorneys to join its in-house legal department, which provides legal services with respect to all aspects of the agency’s single-family and multi-family mortgage lending business. The selected candidate will report to a senior attorney and will work closely with other attorneys and paralegals in the department, primarily on a variety of multi-family transactions.
Candidates should have a J.D. from an accredited law school; be admitted, or eligible for admission, to the Massachusetts bar; and have superior academic credentials. The position requires four to seven years of experience with sophisticated real estate or commercial transactions, municipal finance and/or single-family mortgage regulation/foreclosure, as well as excellent analytical, communication and negotiation skills. Candidates must also complete an assessment.
Click here for more information and application instructions.
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Associate attorney, of counsel positions at Pearl Cohen
The Corporate Group at Pearl Cohen in Boston is seeking both a mid-level associate attorney and experienced attorneys to join the firm as of counsel.
The associate attorney must be admitted to practice in Massachusetts and have three or more years of experience in at least two of the following areas:
- Equity and debt financing
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Technology licensing agreements
The of counsel position is ideal for attorneys seeking flexibility and requires five or more years of relevant experience in at least two of these areas:
- Equity and debt financing
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Technology licensing agreements
- Securities, corporate finance and private equity
- Licensing and commercial transactions
- Corporate restructuring
- General corporate
Corporate transactional attorney at Rath Young Pignatelli
Rath, Young and Pignatelli PC is seeking an associate attorney with three or more years of corporate transactional legal experience. In particular, the position focuses on support of substantial merger and acquisitions, project finance and secured transactions for the firm’s Energy, Corporate, Real Estate, Tax and Healthcare practices.
The firm has offices in Concord and Nashua, New Hampshire; Montpelier, Vermont; and Boston, Massachusetts. It would be possible for the candidate to work from any of these offices, although Concord is the firm's principal office.
See the firm's website for a detailed job description. Applicants should send a resume, letter of interest and writing sample to Diane Vlahos, director of operations, at djv@rathlaw.com. The firm will not accept the submission of candidate resumes from search firms without a signed fee agreement with Rath, Young and Pignatelli PC.