Legal Opinion
Ross v. Ross
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 8, 1976PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
This appeal presents the question whether jurisdiction may be obtained over a nonresident former wife in an action to enforce the terms of a separation agreement where that former wife has used the courts of the Commonwealth to obtain an increase in the level of support initially ordered in a decree nisi of divorce which adopted the support provisions of the separation agreement. We conclude that there was jurisdiction over the wife and the action should not have been dismissed.
The plaintiff, the divorced husband of the defendant, filed this complaint in the Superior Court seeking specific…
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