PFANNENSTIEHL v. PFANNENSTIEHL

SJC-12031.

475 Mass. 105 (2016)

55 N.E.3d 933

CURT F. PFANNENSTIEHL v. DIANE L. PFANNENSTIEHL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

August 4, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. O'Regan for the husband.

Jillian B. Hirsch for the wife.

Martha R. Bagley, pro se, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

William H. Schmidt, pro se, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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


In this appeal from a judgment of divorce, we are asked to determine whether the present value of the husband's beneficial interest in a discretionary spendthrift trust (2004 trust) may be included in the parties' divisible marital estate. See G. L. c. 208, § 34, as amended by St. 2011, c. 124, §§ 1, 2. As part of the judgment...

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