Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/2/2014
Holmes v. Holmes
Citations
- 467 Mass. 653
- 6 N.E.3d 1062
- 2014 WL 1282931
- 2014 Mass. LEXIS 204
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- prior alimony statute “recognized only one category of postjudgment alimony, which the [alimony] reform act now classifies as ‘general term alimony’ ”
- “we look first to the language of the relevant statute, which is generally the clearest window into the collective mind of the Legislature”
- judge has discretion to reduce duration of alimony below presumptive maximum where temporary alimony has been paid for unusually long period of time or recipient spouse has unfairly delayed final resolution
- statutory language is clearest indication of legislative intent
- statutory language is clearest indication of legislative intent
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Judges: Gants
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22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Zaleski v. ZaleskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-08-01· cited 66×
- Chin v. MerriotMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-01-30· cited 57×
- Hassey v. HasseyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-06-25· cited 28×
- Duff-Kareores v. KareoresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-06-15· cited 19×
- Vedensky v. VedenskyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-12-30· cited 17×
- Rodman v. RodmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-01-30· cited 16×
- George v. GeorgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-11-23· cited 15×
- Lalchandani v. RoddyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-01-05· cited 9×
- Van Arsdale v. Van ArsdaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-05-31· cited 9×
- Snow v. SnowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-02-09· cited 8×
- Popp v. PoppMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-05-31· cited 4×
- Chadwick v. Duxbury Public SchoolsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-10-04· cited 2×
- Balistreri v. BalistreriMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-06-29· cited 2×
- Pisano v. PisanoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-05-29· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. AgogoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-06-29
- Rose v. RoseMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-11-20
- D.B. v. J.B.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2020-03-17
- Clement v. Owens-ClementMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2020-10-16
- Clemence v. SklenakMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2020-10-16
- Nystrom v. NystromMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-01-26
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- International Fidelity Insurance v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-01-10· cited 322×
- Pierce v. PierceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-11-09· cited 86×
- Moore v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-04-29· cited 32×
- Baird v. BairdMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-04-01· cited 22×
- Wallace v. WallaceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1930-10-07· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. NannyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-07-16· cited 10×
- Cohan v. FeuerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-07-07· cited 3×
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