Legal Opinion

Lanzillotti v. Peterson

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided June 28, 2018No. 17–P–1063Published

1Opinion of the Court

Following a hearing on Lisa L. Lanzillotti's (mother) complaint for modification and Erik M. Peterson's (father) counterclaim for modification, a Probate and Family Court judge issued two judgments, one awarding sole physical custody to the mother and reducing the father's parenting time with their minor child, and the other denying the father's counterclaim. The father appeals, arguing that the judge adopted the mother's proposed judgments without undertaking independent analysis, that the findings were not supported by and were contradictory to the evidence introduced at the hearing, and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Cormier v. CartyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  2. Rolde v. RoldeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
  3. Edinburg v. CaversMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
  4. A.H. v. M.P.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
  5. B.B.V. v. B.S.V.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2006

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