PATRICIA ANN FRANZOSA vs. STEVEN DOMINIC FRANZOSA. 98 Mass. App. Ct. 179 March 10, 2020 – August 5, 2020 Court Below: Probate and Family Court, Essex County Present: Milkey, Lemire, & McDonough, JJ. Probate Court, Divorce, Findings by judge, Report of material facts. Divorce and Separation, Judgment, Separation agreement, Division of property, Findings, Objections to judgment becoming final. Contract, Separation

AMANDA L. SMITH vs. ROBERT SMITH. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 361 February 6, 2018 – June 7, 2018 Court Below: Probate and Family Court, Essex Division Present: Wolohojian, Agnes, & Englander, JJ. Divorce and Separation, Alimony, Modification of judgment. Contempt. Laches. Estoppel. A Probate and Family Court judge did not abuse her discretion in finding the husband not in contempt

D.B. vs. J.B. 97 Mass. App. Ct. 170 April 2, 2019 – March 17, 202 Court Below: Probate and Family Court, Suffolk Division Present: Hanlon, Desmond, & Shin, JJ. Divorce and Separation, Alimony, Division of property, Child custody. In a divorce proceeding, the probate judge acted well within her broad discretion in ordering an alimony amount that, in light of

MASOUMEH RAVASIZADEH vs. ALI NIAKOSARI. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 123 April 9, 2018 – September 25, 2018 Court Below: Probate and Family Court, Essex County Present: Meade, Hanlon, & Blake, JJ. Divorce, Division of property. Comity. In a divorce proceeding, the Probate and Family Court judge did not err in awarding the wife, as part of the divisible marital estate,

DAVID M. DILANIAN vs. TRAUTE L. DILANIAN. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 505 July 12, 2018 – November 21, 2018 Court Below: Probate and Family Court, Norfolk Division Present: Blake, Sacks, & Ditkoff, JJ. Divorce and Separation, Division of property, Pension benefits, Alimony, Relief from judgment. Corporation, Valuation. Value. In a divorce proceeding, the Probate and Family Court judge did not

CALVIN C. vs. AMELIA A. 99 Mass. App. Ct. 714 January 12, 2021 – June 10, 2021 Court Below: Probate and Family Court, Worcester Division Present: Vuono, Rubin, & Sullivan, JJ. Divorce and Separation, Alimony, Child support, Division of property, Modification of judgment, Judgment. Trust, Nominee trust, Beneficiary. Evidence, Earning capacity. Parent and Child, Child support. Uniform Trust Code. Practice,

SHASHI K. DAVAE vs. KETAN C. DAVAE. 100 Mass. App. Ct. 54 April 14, 2021 – July 21, 2021 Court Below: Probate and Family Court, Bristol Division Present: Milkey, Hand, & Grant, JJ. Divorce and Separation, Alimony, Child support. Evidence, Earning capacity, Expert opinion. Witness, Expert. Parent and Child, Child support. This court vacated, in part, the judgment in a

MASHA M. SHAK vs. RONNIE SHAK. 484 Mass. 658 November 4, 2019 – May 7, 2020 Court Below: Probate and Family Court, Norfolk Division Present: Gants, C.J., Lenk, Gaziano, Lowy, Budd, Cypher, & Kafker, JJ. COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE filed in the Norfolk Division of the Probate and Family Court Department on February 5, 2018.A complaint for contempt, filed on June

GEORGE CLEMENCE vs. KRISTINE SKLENAK. 98 Mass. App. Ct. 646 July 15, 2020 – October 16, 2020 Court Below: Probate and Family Court, Worcester Division Present: Blake, Sacks, & Ditkoff, JJ. COMPLAINT for divorce filed in the Worcester Division of the Probate and Family Court Department on May 27, 2015.A complaint for modification, filed on August 17, 2017, was heard

WEST LUDWIG vs. CHERYL LAMEE-LUDWIG. 91 Mass. App. Ct. 36 October 17, 2016 – February 7, 2017 Court Below: Probate and Family Court, Norfolk Division Present: Wolohojian, Carhart, & Shin, JJ. Divorce and Separation, Alimony. A Probate and Family Court judge did not abuse his discretion in determining that the alimony provisions of the parties’ separation agreement should be applied