Legal Opinion
Coonce v. Coonce
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 3, 1970PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
This is an appeal by the libellant in a divorce proceeding from an order of the Probate Court denying her motion “for leave to proceed in Forma Pauperis to file her divorce petition without the payment of a fifteen dollar filing fee.” The motion was accompanied by an affidavit of the libellant alleging that: she is the wife of Carl Coonce, she is the mother of five children ranging in age from one to eight years, she is receiving Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in the amount of $158.15 every two weeks, she desires a divorce from Carl Coonce as she and her children have…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Gorey v. GuarenteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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3Cited by19 opinions
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