Legal Opinion

Hersey v. Hersey

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 4, 1930PublishedCited by 96 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.

This is a petition for modification of a decree for divorce so far as it relates to the custody of a minor child of the parties. One question is whether the Probate. Court has jurisdiction. The relevant facts in that connection are these: On March 13, 1925, a divorce nisi was granted by the Probate Court for our county of Suffolk, which had jurisdiction of all the parties, the libellant being then a resident of Boston in this Commonwealth, to the wife, the respondent in the case at bar and hereafter so designated, against the husband, the present petitioner and hereafter so designated, for…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Bigelow v. Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co. v. BigelowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  3. Robertson v. Railroad Labor BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  4. Morrill v. MorrillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
  5. Purinton v. JamrockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907

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3Cited by96 opinions

  1. Sampsell v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
  2. In Re the Department of Public Welfare to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  3. Richards v. ForrestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
  4. Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  5. Gilmore v. GilmoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976

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