Cerutti-O'Brien v. Cerutti-O'Brien

Before us is a consolidated appeal from the dismissal of two divorce complaints filed by the plaintiff,1 and from the denial of her motion for reconsideration.

The initial divorce complaint (and the defendant’s counterclaim for divorce) was dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to the defendant’s oral motion, lodged on the first day of trial. The Probate and Family Court judge considered the pleadings, as well as testimony and documentary *175evidence submitted by the parties, in coming to her conclusion that, because the marital breakdown occurred in Florida, Massachusetts…