Legal Opinion

Williams v. Williams

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided May 6, 1981No. 78-423-AppealPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal by the petitioner from a Family Court decree denying the petitioner’s motion to adjudge the respondent in contempt for failure to comply with the provisions of a final divorce decree in regard to child support and granting the respondent’s petition to modify the final decree with respect to child support. We affirm.

On October 29, 1976, a final decree was entered in the Family Court granting a divorce to petitioner, Laura I. W. Williams (Laura), from respondent, John C. Williams (John), on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. Under the terms of…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. D'Arezzo v. D'ArezzoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1970
  2. Silva v. SilvaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
  3. Tente v. TenteSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1974
  4. Spaziano v. SpazianoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1962
  5. Heatherton v. HeathertonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1972

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Lambert v. MillerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Pontbriand v. PontbriandSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1993
  3. Bocchino v. BocchinoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1983
  4. Lori Noel Meyer v. Patrick W. MeyerSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2013
  5. Cook v. Court of Common PleasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011

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