Legal Opinion

Leeden v. Doell

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided April 22, 2019No. 18-P-499Published

1Opinion of the Court

The father appeals from an amended judgment of modification and a judgment on his complaint for contempt, both entered in the Probate and Family Court. He argues that the judge erred by (1) reducing the father's parenting time with the parties' child, (2) declining to order that the child's surname be changed to include the father's surname,2 and (3) finding the mother not guilty of contempt. We affirm in part and vacate in part the amended judgment of modification and affirm the judgment on the complaint for contempt.

1. Parenting schedule. The original parenting schedule, as set forth in the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. BirchallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
  2. K.A. v. T.R.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2014
  3. Champion v. ChampionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
  4. Wooters v. WootersMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
  5. R.S. v. M.P.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2008

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