Parker v. Parker

In this action seeking an annulment, it appears that the plaintiff wife married the defendant husband in Connecticut on September 30, 1967. On June 14, 1967, less than six months before, the defendant had obtained a divorce in Massachusetts from his former wife. A decree of divorce in Massachusetts is a decree nisi in the first instance, becoming absolute six months after entry of the decree, unless otherwise ordered by the court. The judgment of divorce obtained by the defendant on June 14, 1967, was never modified. His marriage to the plaintiff occurred, therefore, before his previous…