FUSS v. FUSS (NO. 1)


372 Mass. 64 (1977)

368 N.E.2d 271

JAMES SANDOR FUSS vs. MARCIA PITCAIRN FUSS (No. 1) (and three companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

March 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob M. Atwood (Joel Z. Eigerman with him) for the defendant.

Joseph D. Steinfield (Timothy J. Dacey with him) for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

These are appeals from an amended judgment of the Probate Court for Barnstable County concerning a case consolidated from four other cases. These cases have followed a highly complex procedural route. In essence, the parties, James Sandor Fuss (James) and Marcia Pitcairn Fuss (Marcia), requested that the Probate Court decide whether a marriage existed between them and define what parental rights stemmed from their relationship.

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