Cherrington v. Cherrington

In reviewing the former husband’s (husband’s) appeal from a modification judgment ordered by a judge in the Probate and Family Court, we decide that the former wife’s (wife’s) initial request for alimony, filed after the entry of the divorce judgment, should have been brought under, and treated as a request pursuant to, G. L. c. 208, § 34 (1986 ed.); that she did not have the burden of demonstrating a change in circumstances; and that the record does not show that the judge considered all of the statutory factors. We remand the matter for a new hearing.

1. Background. The parties were married…