COHAN v. FEUER


442 Mass. 151 (2004)

BARBARA COHAN v. CURT FEUER, administrator, & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 7, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Reed (Thomas A. Reed with him) for the interveners.

Shannon M. Fitzpatrick for the plaintiff.

Pauline Quirion, for Women's Bar Association & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


MARSHALL, C.J.

A 1983 stipulation modifying the amount of alimony and child support due to a former wife under the terms of a New Jersey divorce decree was entered as an order in the Newton Division of the District Court Department. We must resolve whether the stipulation entitles the wife to alimony payments from her former husband's estate, where it provided that alimony payments "cease upon the death or remarriage" of the wife. We conclude that, in the specific...

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