SALTMARSH v. SALTMARSH


395 Mass. 405 (1985)

480 N.E.2d 618

SHERMAN W. SALTMARSH, JR. vs. MARCIA S. SALTMARSH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beverly W. Boorstein (Suzanne Del Vecchio with her) for the plaintiff.

Paul M. Kane (Richard D. Packenham with him) for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

In the spring of 1983, the parties to this action, wife and husband, executed a separation agreement, swore by affidavit that there was "an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage," and on April 4, 1983, received a court order under G.L.c. 208, § 1A (1984 ed.), for what is commonly known as a no-fault divorce. In the normal course, a judgment nisi of divorce would be entered six months after a § 1A order, and that judgment would become absolute...

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