Legal Opinion
Bushnell v. Bushnell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 11, 1984PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
This is an action brought pursuant to G. L. c. 273A, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act. The plaintiff, a Pennsylvania resident, filed a petition for nonsupport in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania against the defendant, a resident of Barnstable County. Pursuant to the act, the petition was forwarded to the Barnstable Division of the District Court, where summary judgment was entered for the defendant after an ex parte hearing on the validity of the marriage between the parties. Subsequently, the judge allowed the plaintiff’s motion for relief from judgment pursuant to Dist.…
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