Legal Opinion
Vorontsova v. Waronzov
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 20, 2009No. 08-P-821PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGraham, J.
We are asked to decide whether a judge of the Probate and Family Court erred by failing to recognize, under principles of comity, a Ukrainian divorce certificate purporting to divorce the parties, Svitlana Vorontsova (wife) and Jaroslav Waronzov (husband).1 On the peculiar facts of this case, we conclude that the judge did not err in failing to recognize the foreign judgment and affirm the judgment of divorce nisi that was entered in the Probate and Family Court.
*211. Background.2 The husband is a software engineer and businessman who, since sometime in the 1990’s, has owned businesses both in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hilton v. GuyotSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Sherrer v. SherrerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Georgia Slessinger v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Charara v. YatimMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2010
- Ravasizadeh v. NiakosariMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018