Legal Opinion
Gray v. Commissioner of Revenue
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 16, 1996PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
At issue is whether the Department of Revenue (department) may seize property of a child support obligor in satisfaction of child support arrearages, where the obligor is repaying the arrearages at a rate ordered by a Probate Court judge. The plaintiff, Kevin Royce Gray, asserts that the department’s seizure of his bank and credit union accounts constitutes contempt of court and violates his rights to due process. Gray also argues that the seizure and the statute pursuant to which the seizure took place violate art. 30 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, the separation of powers…
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