Legal Opinion
Mannor v. Mannor
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 22, 1998No. 97-P-0267PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
When Ronald J. Mannor filed a complaint for divorce with the Worcester Probate and Family Court on June 15, 1994, his wife, Michelle J. Mannor, had five days earlier, on June 10, commenced a divorce proceeding in the Ohio Court of Common Pleas for Lucas County. We decide that under common law principles and under the Uniform Interstate Family Support *47Act (UIFSA)3 the judgment for divorce entered in the Ohio proceeding, including orders for child support, overpowers a judgment entered in the Massachusetts proceeding; i.e., under UIFSA the Ohio judgment is entitled to full faith and credit in…
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