Legal Opinion
Heron v. Heron
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 21, 1998PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
This case involves an attempt in Massachusetts to modify a divorce decree entered by a Nevada court in 1978. We conclude that this decree is entitled to full faith and credit and, therefore, Massachusetts courts may not alter the alimony award or property disposition in the Nevada decree.
The plaintiff filed a complaint in the Probate and Family Court on December 4, 1991, seeking a modification of the Nevada alimony award and a division of marital assets under G. L. c. 208, § 34. A trial was scheduled during 1994. The judge suspended the trial before it commenced in order to answer preliminary…
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