the main stages of a divorce in

Massachusetts is the first step which is

generally filing for a divorce depending

on the circumstances you might look to

get some temporary orders from the court

as to a parenting schedule support

custody how to run the household while

two parties are no longer living there

the court will typically schedule what’s

called a pre-trial conference which is

the Court’s ability to assess what the

contested issues are hear from each side

and determine a trial date that would be

appropriate or whether the party should

continue to try to resolve the issues

through court-ordered services like

conciliation the last stage would be a

trial