Legal Opinion

D.R. v. D.A.

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided May 8, 2018No. 17–P–338Published

1Opinion of the Court

The husband appeals from a judgment of divorce nisi, specifically challenging the division of marital assets.2 Because we conclude that the judge's findings gave undue weight to the husband's "bad" conduct such that the grossly unequal asset allocation3 "falls outside the range of reasonable alternatives," we vacate so much of the judgment that divides the marital assets and remand the matter for reconsideration thereof consistent with this memorandum and order, but affirm the remainder of the judgment. L.L. v. Commonwealth, 470 Mass. 169, 185 n.27 (2014).

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. L.L., a juvenile v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
  2. Adams v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
  3. Kittredge v. KittredgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
  4. Duff-Kareores v. KareoresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
  5. Wolcott v. WolcottMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2011

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