Durkin v. Durkin

Memorandum Opinion

The parties were divorced in November 1973. Plaintiff was awarded land and buildings in Greenland subject to a mortgage and also subject to defendant’s obtaining subdivision approval so that a lot could be conveyed to him. Thereafter, in January 1975, the parties agreed on a stipulation under which the property in question became the property of the defendant, subject to the right of plaintiff to live in the property upon paying rent, the defendant having the obligation to keep the property in repair.

In May 1978, plaintiff filed a motion to modify the decree relating to the…