Custody, inheritance, estate, divorce, and prenuptial agreements — handled across the MA↔China jurisdictional divide. We serve Chinese-American families in Greater Boston and clients with assets, family, or jurisdictional ties between the two systems.
Talk to RCXLaw →Custody disputes where one parent or the child has ties to China. Hague Convention proceedings, recognition of foreign custody orders, child relocation petitions.
Estates with assets, beneficiaries, or testators on both sides of the Pacific. Will validity across jurisdictions, comity, and estate administration.
Cross-border estate planning for Chinese-American families. Wills, trusts, powers of attorney structured to operate in both MA probate and PRC succession contexts.
Equitable distribution under Massachusetts law, with attention to property held in China and recognition of foreign divorce decrees.
Drafting and review of prenups and postnups for cross-border couples. Enforceability considerations under both MA and PRC law.
Where family law decisions affect visa status, conditional residency, or family reunification timelines.
We're building an open library of educational legal resources for cross-border family law. Each is designed and labeled around a clear principle: educational, never legal advice. See our AI methodology →
Bilingual definitions of family-law terms with jurisdictional tagging. Custody, inheritance, prenuptial agreements, Hague Convention, and more — in English and Mandarin.
Browse all terms →Specialized chatbots for narrow topics (e.g., Hague Convention procedure, cross-border probate). Each scoped to its area, each making its limits explicit.
Preview →AI-generated illustrative narratives showing how a typical hearing or motion unfolds. Fictional cases, real procedural texture — designed to set expectations, never to predict outcomes.
Preview →Short-form audio and video explainers for the Mandarin-speaking community in Greater Boston. Topics curated for cross-border families.
Preview →Vetted external resources — from bar associations, academic family law programs, and reputable practitioners — with brief AI-generated context for each.
Preview →Curated developments in MA family law, PRC family/inheritance law (Civil Code), and international instruments affecting cross-border families.
Preview →Cross-border family law is a small specialty for a real reason: the work sits at the intersection of two legal systems that approach family, property, and succession differently. A custody order in Suffolk Probate & Family Court does not automatically travel. An inheritance in China does not automatically pass through a Massachusetts probate. A divorce decree from one system needs careful work to be recognized in the other.
RCXLaw was built for the families and individuals who live in this in-between — Chinese-American couples and parents in Greater Boston, students and professionals on visa with assets back in China, families navigating inheritance from a parent or grandparent across the Pacific, and adoptive families with cross-border ties.
Our work is conducted in English and Mandarin, with primary admission in Massachusetts and a working understanding of the PRC Civil Code (2021) and the procedural realities of Chinese courts and notaries.
Our intake conversation is brief and structured. Tell us what you're navigating and a member of the firm will reach back within one business day.
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