Legal Opinion

Fort v. Fort

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided September 11, 1981PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.

On cross complaints of the husband and wife for divorce, judgments were entered which dissolved the marriage, made provision for alimony and equitable division of assets, and awarded custody of the two minor children to the husband. The only matter at issue in this appeal is the wife’s contention that the judge erred in awarding custody of the youngest child, now eight years old, to the husband, who is cohabiting with an unmarried woman. Whether such a living arrangement should preclude an award of custody to the offending parent, and, if not, the significance, if any, which should be…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Carey v. Population Services InternationalSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
  4. Doe v. Commonwealth's Atty. for City of RichmondDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1975
  5. People v. OnofreNew York Court of Appeals · 1980

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Powers v. WilkinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. StowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  3. Doe v. DoeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
  4. Loud v. LoudMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  5. United States v. ProsperiDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2008

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