Rutledge v. Rutledge

This action of the plaintiff wife for custody and support of a minor child, equitable division of the marital property, alimony, and other property arrangements, was brought under G. L. c. 208, § 37, second par. (modification of foreign judgment). A judge of the Probate Court in Middlesex County denied the motion of the defendant husband to dismiss the action for want of jurisdiction. We agree with the judge.1

*538For purposes of the motion, the situation may be described as follows. The parties were married in Decatur, Georgia, in 1956. In 1976 they came to live in Acton, Massachusetts, and a…