Cabot v. Cabot

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal brought by the defendant, David Cabot, from a decree of the Family Court giving full faith and credit to a decree of the Massachusetts Probate Court. The decree appealed from ordered the defendant to pay the plaintiff’s Massachusetts attorney $15,449 for services rendered in Massachusetts, the plaintiff’s Rhode Island attorney $3,500 for services rendered in Rhode Island, and the plaintiff’s minor child $150 a week for the child’s support.

The plaintiff, Mattie Lou Cabot, was granted a divorce from defendant in Massachusetts on May 16, 1972.…