Legal Opinion
Waxman v. Waxman
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 30, 2013No. 12-P-1021PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSikora, J.
This case requires the law to distribute the assets of a husband and wife of a late-life marriage. Robert and Jean Waxman married in their sixties. After eleven years their marriage had deteriorated. They separated and began divorce proceedings in the Probate and Family Court (probate court). During the proceedings Robert died. By law his death caused the abatement of the divorce action and divested the probate court of jurisdiction over the distribution of the couple’s assets.
Jean2 then brought the present action in Superior Court against Robert’s three adult children (collectively,…
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