Legal Opinion
Cummings v. Cummings
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 3, 1988PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
The Plaintiff, Catherine Cummings, appeals from an October 19, 1987, judgment of the Superior Court (Penobscot County), concluding that the entitlement of the Defendant, Daniel Cummings, to a lump-sum workers’ compensation award was nonmar-ital property and was, therefore, unavailable for equitable distribution in the parties’ divorce proceeding. We affirm that judgment.
The parties were married on December 24,1984. About two months later the husband suffered a work-related injury for which he was awarded workers’ compensation benefits. He was still receiving such weekly…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Marriage of Bugh v. BughCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1980
- Levesque v. ShoreySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- Cushman v. CushmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
- Moulton v. MoultonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
- In Re Marriage of McDonaldCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
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