I REPRESENTED THE HUSBAND AND FATHER OF 2 DAUGHTERS, 8 AND 12 YEARS OLD IN A RECENT DIVORCE CASE IN WORCESTER PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT. THE WIFE FRAUDULENTLY FILED AN ABUSE PREVENTION ORDER AGAINST FATHER BASED ON FALSE ALLEGATIONS AND FATHER WAS NOT PERMITTED TO HAVE CONTACT WITH HIS CHILDREN WHOM HE WAS VERY CLOSE WITH AND WAS ORDERED TO STAY AWAY FROM MOTHER AND THE MARITAL REAL ESTATE. CONSEQUENTLY, MOTHER OBTAINED TEMPORARY SOLE PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF THE CHILDREN AND USE AND OCCUPANCY OF THE MARITAL REAL ESTATE. FATHER MOVED INTO AN APARTMENT 30 MILES AWAY FROM THE MARITAL REAL ESTATE. THE ABUSE PREVENTION ORDER WAS EVENTUALLY DISMISSED. THE FATHER SOUGHT AND OBTAINED JOINT OR SHARED PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF HIS CHILDREN AFTER TRIAL. AS A RESULT, HIS CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATION WAS REDUCED. ( FATHER EARNED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THE MOTHER) THE COURT FOUND THAT MOTHER WAS UNDEREMPLOYED AND ATTRIBUTED INCOME TO HER. THE COURT ALSO ORDERED THAT IF MOTHER MOVED FROM THE TOWN WHERE THE CHILDREN ATTENDED SCHOOL, THEY ARE TO ATTEND SCHOOL IN THE TOWN WHERE FATHER RESIDES. ANOTHER ISSUE IN THE CASE WAS THAT MOTHER KEPT STALLING TO PUT THE MARITAL REAL ESTATE ON THE MARKET BECAUSE FATHER WAS ORDERED TO PAY THE MORTGAGE WHILE SHE OCCUPIED THE MARITAL REAL ESTATE. THE COURT ORDERED THE MARITAL REAL ESTATE TO BE SOLD AND THE PARTIES TO EQUALLY DIVIDE THE PROCEEDS AFTER REASONABLE CLOSING COSTS.THE CLIENT WAS EXTREMELY SATISFIED.