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OLMSTEAD v. MURPHY

21 Mass. App. Ct. 664 (1986)

489 N.E.2d 707

DOROTHEA OLMSTEAD vs. JOSEPH S. MURPHY.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

March 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothea Olmstead, pro se.

Joseph S. Murphy, pro se.

Present: KASS, WARNER, & FINE, JJ.

KASS, J.

In St. 1982, c. 282, the Legislature provided that a person who secures a contempt judgment for failure to make support payments may recover reasonable legal fees attendant to the chase.1 In this case a Probate Court judge entered a contempt judgment establishing arrearages which totalled $13,088. The judge awarded legal fees of $2,000. Counsel for Dorothea Olmstead, who was...

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