Legal Opinion
Draper v. Burke
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 15, 2008PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The defendant (husband) appeals from a Probate and Family Court order denying his motion to dismiss the plaintiffs (wife) complaint for modification of a child support order issued by an Oregon State court. His motion is based on a claimed lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We allowed the husband’s application for direct appellate review. We conclude that the Probate and Family Court had subject matter jurisdiction and affirm the judgment.
The parties grew up in Massachusetts and, in 1980, were married in Amherst, living thereafter in Massachusetts for approximately ten years. During this…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. GuerraSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Child Support Enforcement Division of Alaska v. BrenckleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- LeTellier v. LeTellierTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
- Linn v. Delaware Child Support EnforcementSupreme Court of Delaware · 1999
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- Pulkkinen v. PulkkinenDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013