Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Murphy
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 16, 1984No. 81-214-AppealPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Family Court which granted the plaintiff’s petition for divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences. The defendant, Dennis J. Murphy, objects to the assignment of property pursuant to G.L.1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 15-5-16.1, as well as an award of transportation costs.
The pertinent facts briefly summarized are as follows. The parties were married in 1954 and continued to live together until 1978 when defendant left the marital residence to care for his ailing mother. In 1979, after a failed attempt at…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Statewide Multiple Listing Service, Inc. v. NorbergSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1978
- Fox v. FoxSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
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3Cited by37 opinions
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