Legal Opinion
Sodones v. Sodones
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 5, 1974PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
The defendant, Stephen J. Sodones, appeals from a decree of the Probate Court which adjudged him guilty of contempt for failure to comply with a prior court order for separate support. He also appeals from the denial of several motions related to his appeal from the contempt decree.
We summarize the prior proceedings pertinent to this appeal. On December 4, 1970, the plaintiff Phyllis A. Sodones filed a petition for separate support against the defendant; after a hearing on May 18, 1971, at which the defendant, after notice, did not appear, the judge issued temporary orders which prohibited…
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