TAFT v. TAFT


388 Mass. 331 (1983)

446 N.E.2d 395

LAWRENCE TAFT vs. SUSAN TAFT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

March 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis A. Ford for Susan Taft.

William A. Murray for Lawrence Taft.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

A judge of the Probate and Family Court entered an amended judgment on November 5, 1982, ordering the defendant wife to submit to an operation in order "to hold [her] pregnancy." The judgment was entered in a proceeding brought pro se by the plaintiff husband on October 12, 1982, in which he sought "authority to force [the wife] to undergo the surgical procedure." We transferred the wife's appeal to this court on our own motion. We order the amended judgment...

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