· 5/3/1984
Dominick v. Dominick
Citations
- 463 N.E.2d 564
- 18 Mass. App. Ct. 85
- 1984 Mass. App. LEXIS 1449
How courts have described this case
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- oral marital separation agreement, read into the record, properly found to be binding even though wife subsequently repudiated the agreement
- “stipulations made in open court by the parties or their attorneys and acted upon by the court have been held to be binding on the parties”
- once parties indicated to judge that they had entered into settlement agreement with express intention of reducing agreement to writing, agreement became binding even in absence of formal signed agreement
- whether to reopen trial for new evidence is left to discretion of trial judge
- once parties stated to judge that they had reached settlement agreement, heard agreement read to judge, and stated they were satisfied with agreement, agreement became binding even in absence of formal signed agreement
- once the parties indicated to the judge that they had entered into a settlement agreement with the express intention of reducing the agreement to writing, the agreement became binding even in the absence of a formal signed agreement
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Judges: Armstrong, Kass, Warner
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