Legal Opinion
Surabian v. Surabian
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 18, 1972PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
The parties were married on March 12, 1933. The appellant Lucy R. Surabian, hereinafter referred to as the libellant, filed a libel for divorce 1 on September 24, 1963, in the Middlesex Probate Court. A decree nisi was entered on January 29, 1964, granting a divorce and incorporating by reference the terms of a separation agreement by the parties.
Under the agreement, 2 the libellee agreed to pay to the libellant “the sum of forty ($40.00) dollars per week as alimony for her sole support and maintenance, provided, however, that if the wife remarries such support and maintenance shall forthwith…
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