Legal Opinion

Turner v. McCune

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided December 15, 1976PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

That portion of the parties’ separation agreement which gave rise to this action provided, inter alia, that the defendant’s obligation to support their son shall cease upon “the emancipation of the child before age 21” (emphasis supplied). No serious argument is made that the son is financially emancipated. Although, in his answer, the defendant denied the allegation that the son is not emancipated, his affidavit failed to allege specific facts showing that the son is, indeed, financially emancipated. The defendant claims only that emancipation occurred as matter of law when the son reached…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Community National Bank v. DawesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  2. Robert L. Molinar v. Western Electric CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
  3. Straver v. StraverNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1948
  4. Goldstein v. GoldsteinSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1926

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Noyes v. Quincy Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
  2. United States Trust Co. of New York v. HerriottMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
  3. Weinstein v. SteigmanMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1983
  4. Eccleston v. BankoskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
  5. Royal Bank of Canada v. ConnollyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980

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