WOOD v. WOOD


369 Mass. 665 (1976)

342 N.E.2d 712

CHARLES K. WOOD vs. DOLORES A. WOOD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

February 3, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Goldstein (Alan D. Goldstein with him) for the plaintiff.

Joel P. Greene for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, & KAPLAN, JJ.


BRAUCHER, J.

We are asked to determine the scope of the jurisdiction of Probate Courts, "after the divorce decree has become absolute, ... to grant equitable relief in controversies over property between persons who have been divorced." G.L.c. 215, § 6, as appearing in St. 1973, c. 1114, § 63. We uphold plenary equitable jurisdiction in such cases. We also uphold personal jurisdiction over a runaway former spouse under the long arm statute, G.L.c. 223A,...

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