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Appeals Court Hears Challenge to Modified Support Order That Increased Father’s Obligations

Massachusetts Appeals Court · November 14, 2025
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Summary

Paul Steinberg appealed a modification that converted variable child support, alimony and college contributions into fixed awards and added a 15% upward deviation; appellant says the judgment exceeds the mother's needs and rewrites the parties’ bargain while appellee argues the record supports the award.

The Appeals Court heard argument in Lisonbee Steinberg v. Paul Steinberg (24P1164), an appeal from a probate and family court modification that increased the father's fixed support obligations.

Juliana Zane, representing the father, told the panel the trial court's judgment "rewrote the parties' bargain" by making previously variable awards fixed…

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