RYAN v. RYAN


419 Mass. 86 (1994)

PETER B. RYAN & others vs. ANNE T. RYAN

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

December 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erik Lund & Richard W. Renehan (Michael J. Pineault with them) for the defendant.

Laurence M. Johnson (Daniel J. Goldberg & Matthew D. Baxter with him) for the plaintiffs.

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


WILKINS, J.

When Paul Mark Ryan (Ryan), a member of the Massachusetts bar, wished to obtain an annulment from the Catholic Church of his marriage to Marion Stephanie Fleming (Fleming) in order to be able to marry Anne "Nancy" T. McDevitt (McDevitt) within the church, as McDevitt insisted, Ryan approached Fleming for her cooperation. Relations between Ryan and Fleming, who had been legally divorced in 1977, were cordial. Fleming indicated that she would assist in his...

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