Legal Opinion

Glazer v. Silverman

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 9, 1968PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.

This petition in equity in the Probate Court seeks to enforce the obligations of a divorced husband to support his former wife under a trust agreement made in this Commonwealth on August 10, 1956, prior to the divorce and not shown to have been embodied in the divorce decree. The agreement was to pay for “the care, support and maintenance” of the wife, “twenty-five dollars . . . each and every week as long as . . . [she] remains unmarried.” The judge dismissed the petition, having found that the remarriage of the wife, although later annulled, had terminated the obligation and also that the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. American Surety Co. v. ConnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
  2. Sleicher v. SleicherNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
  3. Gaines v. JacobsenNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
  4. Sefton v. SeftonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Schillander v. SchillanderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Knox v. RemickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  2. Surabian v. SurabianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
  3. Peters v. PetersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
  4. Flaxman v. FlaxmanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1971
  5. Heistand v. HeistandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981

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