Legal Opinion

Watts v. Watts

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 1, 1943PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDolan, J.

This is a petition brought in the Superior Court under the provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 208, § 37, praying for the modification or vacation of a decree for alimony, entered January 29, 1918, in connection with a decree nisi of divorce, dated the same day, which became absolute in due course. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 208, § 21. The libellee in that case is the petitioner in the present case, and the libellant in the original divorce proceeding is the respondent in this case. They will be referred to hereinafter as petitioner and respondent, respectively.

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Sistare v. SistareSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  2. Coe v. CoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  3. Kirkbride v. Van NoteNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
  4. McIlroy v. McIlroyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
  5. Knapp v. KnappMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Surabian v. SurabianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
  2. Cohen v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  3. Wood v. WoodSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  4. Austad v. AustadUtah Supreme Court · 1954
  5. Pierce v. PierceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009

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