Murray v. Murray

On July 22, 1971, six days before a decree nisi granting a divorce to the husband was to become absolute, the wife filed objections to the decree. G. L. c. 208, § 21, as in effect prior to St. 1975, c. 400, § 26. Rule 45 of the Probate Courts (1959). On March 29, 1978, the husband moved to dismiss the objections. A judge of the Probate Court heard the matter on *841a statement of agreed facts and ordered the objections dismissed. The wife’s “motion for rehearing” of the dismissal was denied, and the husband’s counsel was awarded fees and expenses in connection with the hearing on that motion. G.…