Kirtz v. Kirtz

The plaintiff (the wife) and the defendant (the husband) have three children aged fourteen, twelve, and ten. The parents were granted on April 2, 1976, a decree nisi of divorce as of October 7, 1975, which became absolute by the terms of a judgment entered on April 8, 1976.

Prior to the divorce, a master was appointed to consider the issues of support and custody. He recommended that the wife have custody of the children under arrangements no longer in dispute. The master also recommended the husband’s transfer to the wife of (a) the equity (about $43,500) in the marital domicil in Marblehead,…