Legal Opinion

Finn v. Finn

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided November 3, 1986PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GLASSMAN, Justice.

John J. Finn, the defendant in the divorce action, appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court, Kennebec County, entered on its order granting the defendant’s motion to amend the divorce judgment and granting the plaintiffs motion to hold the defendant in contempt for nonpayment of child support and alimony as required by the judgment of divorce. He contends that the court abused its discretion in its order for his payment of child support and alimony and by finding him in contempt for noncompliance with the original divorce judgment; that the denial of a stay of execution…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Schuler v. SchulerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  2. McDonald Corporation v. Victory Investments, Samuel H. Rappaport, Leon Silverman, Theodore Snyder, and Elias H. Stein. Appeal of Samuel RappaportCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
  3. Smith v. SmithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  4. Bryant v. BryantSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  5. Wood v. WoodSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. International Paper Co. v. United Paperworkers International UnionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
  2. Tapman v. TapmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
  3. Nicholson v. NicholsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
  4. Harvey v. RobinsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
  5. Melanson v. MathesonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998

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