Attorney Fern Frolin has been appointed to the 2020-2021 Massachusetts Trial Court Child Support Guidelines Task Force. The Task Force is responsible for conducting the quadrennial review of the guidelines as required by federal law.

The Task Force is co-chaired by the Honorable John D. Casey, Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court Department and the Honorable Katherine Field, First Justice of the Bristol Probate and Family Court. Other members include representatives from the Probate and Family Court, the Department of Revenue, the domestic relations bar, legal services organizations and the public.

Fern is an attorney at Mirick O'Connell in Boston and a member of the Firm's Family Law Group. She focuses her practice on complex matrimonial law matters, including divorce, custody, child support, modification, asset division, business valuation and grandparent visitation cases. Fern deals with enforcement and modification of custody and support decrees entered in other states and internationally. In addition, she is an frequently appointed Special Master and an AAML trained Arbitrator and Family Law Mediator, and a court trained Conciliator.