Matta v. Matta

This case comes before us on the husband’s appeal from a judgment of the Probate Court granting a divorce, ordering payment of child support and alimony and a division of property, and granting the parties joint legal custody of their minor child, with physical custody in the wife. We affirm.

The judge’s findings, none of which is specifically challenged on appeal, may be summarized as follows. The husband and wife were married in Lebanon in 1969 and moved to Brockton in 1984. The wife is a victim of multiple sclerosis and has been confined to a wheelchair since 1991. She does not appear to…