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KENNEDY v. KENNEDY

23 Mass. App. Ct. 176 (1986)

499 N.E.2d 1224

LILLIAN F. O'SHEA KENNEDY vs. GEORGE D. KENNEDY.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

November 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Shapiro (William C. Newman with him) for the plaintiff.

Sumner D. Goldberg for the defendant.

Jon Laramore, Lynda G. Christian & Alison E. McCrone, for Family Law Committee of the Boston Bar Association & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: DREBEN, SMITH, & FINE, JJ.

FINE, J.

We deal here with the question of counsel fees under G.L.c. 215, § 34A.1 In an action for contempt against a party for failure to obey a Probate Court support order, there is a "presumption" under § 34A that a prevailing plaintiff is entitled to "all of his reasonable attorney's fees and expenses relating to the attempted resolution, initiation and prosecution of the...

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