CHIN v. MERRIOT

SJC-11715

470 Mass. 527 (2015)

CHESTER CHIN v. EDITH E. MERRIOT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Franklin.

January 30, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Sanford Durland, III , for Chester Chin.

Leslie H. Powers for Edith E. Merriot.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Rachel B. Biscardi for Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts.

Richard M. Novitch, Maureen McBrien, & Charles P. Kindregan, pro se.

David H. Lee & Holly A. Hinte, pro se.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.


After twelve years of marriage, Chester Chin and Edith E. Merriot were divorced by a judgment of divorce nisi in August, 2011. At the time of the divorce, Chin was sixty-seven years old and Merriot was sixty-nine. Pursuant to a merged provision of the parties' separation agreement, Chin was...

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