YOUNG v. YOUNG

SJC-12240.

478 Mass. 1 (2017)

DEREK L. YOUNG, v. JOY G. YOUNG (and a consolidated case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

September 25, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Lee ( Jessica M. Dubin also present) for the husband.

David E. Cherny ( Erin M. Shapiro also present) for the wife.

W. Sanford Durland, III , & Glenn M. Schley , amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Jennifer C. Roman & Johnathan P. Diggin , for Women's Bar Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.


The Probate and Family Court judge in this divorce action made two rulings that are the primary subjects of this appeal. First, the judge found that, where the husband's income from his employment was "on an upward trajectory," the wife may only maintain a standard of living "consistent with the marital lifestyle (which was one where...

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