Lavin v. Lavin

One week before a scheduled hearing under G. L. c. 208, § 1A,1 Jane M. Lavin, the wife, filed a motion to strike the separation agreement (as required by § 1A, the agreement had been filed with the complaint). She alleged that the agreement: was not a fair distribution of marital assets; had been signed without full reflection on her part; and had been executed without full disclosure by her husband, James W. Lavin. On appeal, the husband urges that the judge was bound to acquiesce in the separation terms which the signed agreement reflected and that, in all events, the alimony, support, and…