Legal Opinion

Michael Vieira v. Amy Hussein-Vieira

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided December 21, 2016No. 2015-329-Appeal. (13-2045)PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Chief Justice Suttell,

for the Court.

The plaintiff, Michael Vieira, appeals from a Family Court final decree granting both his complaint for divorce and Amy Hussein-Vieira’s (defendant) counterclaim for divorce on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. In addition to dissolving the parties’ marriage, the decree awarded them joint custody of their two minor children, granted the defendant physical placement of both children, ordered the plaintiff to pay child support, and partitioned the marital assets. On appeal, the plaintiff takes issue with various aspects of the trial justice’s…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Pettinato v. PettinatoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1990
  2. Brierly v. BrierlySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
  3. Lembo v. LemboSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1996
  4. Koutroumanos v. TzeremesSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2005
  5. Palin v. PalinSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2012

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3Cited by11 opinions

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