WRIGHT v. ZIELINSKI

No. 2001-57-Appeal.

824 A.2d 494 (2003)

Leonard C. WRIGHT v. Mary Anita ZIELINSKI

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 11, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Ahn, for Plaintiff.

William J. Balkun, Cranston, for Defendant.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

After the entry of a final judgment of divorce, can one of the parties maintain a lawsuit alleging breach of their prenuptial agreement? Not under the circumstances of this case, we hold, because the doctrine of res judicata bars such post-divorce litigation.

The plaintiff-husband, Leonard C. Wright, appeals from a Superior Court summary judgment in favor of defendantwife, Mary Anita Zielinski, dismissing the husband...

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