ROSS v. ROSS


371 Mass. 439 (1976)

358 N.E.2d 437

DAVID ROSS vs. RENEE ROSS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

December 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Moses for the plaintiff.

Bernard A. Kansky for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., REARDON, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

This appeal presents the question whether jurisdiction may be obtained over a nonresident former wife in an action to enforce the terms of a separation agreement where that former wife has used the courts of the Commonwealth to obtain an increase in the level of support initially ordered in a decree nisi of divorce which adopted the support provisions of the separation agreement. We conclude that there was jurisdiction over the wife and the action should...

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