Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Mitchell
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 3, 1980PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
When the motion of the Plaintiff, Leroy E. Mitchell, to amend the judgment of divorce from the Defendant, Frances A. Mitchell, by terminating or reducing his obligation to pay alimony because of changes in their circumstances was denied on October 15, 1979, in Superior Court (York County), he seasonably appealed to this Court.
A cross-motion by the former wife for an increase in alimony was also denied, but she did not appeal.
His appeal presents issues, novel in this jurisdiction, as to (a) whether the divorce court has jurisdiction to modify the divorce judgment where the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Beal v. BealSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- Bubar v. PlantSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1945
- Taake v. TaakeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1975
- Grossman v. GrossmanNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1974
- In Re the Dissolution of the Marriage of VannCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1976
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Gottsegen v. GottsegenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Cermak v. CermakNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
- Litwack v. LitwackSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Williams v. WilliamsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
- Lucas v. LucasWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2003
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