Marc G. Perlin

Biography

Clerk, Superior Court of MA, Boston, 1973-74; Legal Assistant, Chief Justice, Boston Municipal Court, MA, 1974-75; Lecturer, Northeastern, 1974-76; Instructor, Suffolk, 1975-77; Assistant Professor, 1977-79; Associate Professor, 1979-83; Professor, since 1983; Associate Dean, 1999-2011. Professor of Law Emeritus, since 2024.

Education

• BA, Boston University
• JD, Northeastern University

Publications

Articles

• Obtaining Security in Divorce Actions, 16 MASS. FAM. L.J. 27 (1998)
• Major Changes in District Court Civil Practice , 24 MASS. L. WKLY. 11 (1996)
• Collecting Judgments by Writ of Execution, 24 MASS. L. WKLY. 11 (1996)
• Why Should Alimony Terminate Upon Remarriage?, 11 MASS. FAM. L.J. 21 (1993)
• Proposed Changes to Discovery Rules in Aid of "Tort Reform": Has the Case Been Made?, 42 AM. U. L. REV. 1465 (1993) (with Paul R. Sugarman) (Symposium on Civil Justice Reform)
• Disciplinary Rules Entitle Clients to Obtain File From Former Attorney, 9 MASS. FAM. L.J. 81 (1992)
• Impoundment Under the Uniform Rules on Impoundment Procedure, 6 MASS. FAM. L.J. 49 (1988)

Books

• VOLS. 1 & 2 MASSACHUSETTS PROOF OF CASES (2012-2013 ed., 2013) (with Davalene Cooper)
• SUM & SUBSTANCE QUICK REVIEW OF FAMILY LAW (9th ed., 2022)
• HANDBOOK OF CIVIL PROCEDURE IN THE MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT COURT (5th ed., 2011) (with John M. Connors)
• SUM AND SUBSTANCE OF FAMILY LAW (8th ed., 2024) [sound recording]
• COLLECTION LAW: DEBTOR/CREDITOR PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, REMEDIES, MASS. PRAC. SER. VOLS. 48 AND 48A (4th ed., 2018) (with John M. Connors and Jordan L. Shapiro)
• MOTTLA'S PROOF OF CASES IN MASSACHUSETTS (3d ed., 1995 & Supp. 1996-2011)
• PROCEDURAL FORMS ANNOTATED, MASS. PRAC. SER.VOLS. 10-10C (5th ed., 1990) (with Steven H. Blum)
• MASSACHUSETTS PROOF OF CASES, ANNUAL PAMPHLET EDITIONS (Civil, Criminal, and Evidence), 2011-date (with Davalene Cooper)

Book Chapters

• Homestead Protection for Elderly and Disabled Clients, in ESTATE PLANNING FOR THE AGING OR INCAPACITATED CLIENT IN MASSACHUSETTS (4th ed., Donald N. Freedman and Emily S. Starr eds., 2012)
• Homestead Protection, appearing in ELDER LAW AND DISABILITY LAW IN MASSACHUSETTS (Brian E. Barreira ed., 2023)

Professional Activities

Member, Governors Comm. on Child Support, MA, 1985, MA Bar Association, 1989-92; Reporter, Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure, Supreme Judicial Court of MA, since 1994; Member, "Imaging and E-File Task Force" (Massachusetts Trial Court), since 2003.

Bar Admittance

• MA