Glick v. Greenleaf

In this appeal we are asked to consider whether the Probate Court has subject matter jurisdiction over an action brought by the plaintiff against her father concerning the interpretation of a separation agreement incorporated into her parents’ divorce judgment. A judge in the Probate Court concluded that the court had jurisdiction and entered a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The Appeals Court reversed, holding that the defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction should have been allowed. See Glick v. Greenleaf, 9 Mass. App. Ct. 606, 608 (1980). We granted further appellate…