Keller v. O'Brien

This case involves the modification of an alimony judgment pursuant to G. L. c. 208, § 37 (1992 ed.). The parties were divorced on November 5, 1990. The judgment of divorce nisi required the plaintiff to pay the defend*821ant $500 a week in alimony and $300 a week in child support.1 The judgment did not address whether alimony would terminate on the defendant’s remarriage, nor was there any surviving agreement between the parties that addressed this issue.

On May 17, 1992, the defendant remarried. One month later, the plaintiff filed a complaint for modification seeking to terminate his alimony…