Legal Opinion
Klavan v. Klavan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 18, 1989PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Avram Macy Klavan (husband) appeals from a judgment of divorce from Garrie Joan Klavan (wife) on the ground that the Probate and Family Court for Norfolk County lacked personal jurisdiction over him. He claims that service on him was invalid because it was obtained through the fraud *1106and deceit of the wife. We transferred the case to this court on our own motion. We affirm.
The parties were married in New York in 1966. They resided in Vermont for most of the duration of the marriage. After marital difficulties surfaced in 1983, the husband moved from Vermont to Alaska. The wife moved to…
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