Wyman v. Wyman

The respondent (Barbara) appeals from a decree of the Probate Court entered on December 6, 1973, purporting to modify a July 14, 1972, decree nisi which had granted her a divorce and given the petitioner (Lawrence) custody of the one child of the marriage. No provision for alimony or for care and maintenance of the child was included in the original decree, which had become absolute in the interim. The evidence is not reported, but the judge made a report of material facts.

*359Lawrence filed two petitions on March 6, 1973. The first petition alleges a change in circumstances and prays that…