Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 11/10/1977

Feakes v. Bozyczko

Citations

369 N.E.2d 978
373 Mass. 633
1977 Mass. LEXIS 1118

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requirement that Probate Court give full effect to intention of parties as expressed in separation agreement does not limit court’s power to modify subsequent divorce decree
where separation agreement that survived as independent contract was ambiguous regarding obligations of parties, court must look to the intent of parties to determine “objective sought to be accomplished by the parties”
“to the extent that the parties!’] original [merged] agreement and the judgment of divorce left their obligations in doubt, the court should ‘attempt to ascertain the objective sought to be accomplished by the parties’ ”

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Judges: Hennessey, Kaplan, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams

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