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Van Arsdale v. Van Arsdale, 477 Mass. 218 (2017)
In a case of first impression, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court addressed the issue of the retroactive application of durational limitations in alimony awards under the new Alimony Reform Act to cases that pre-dated the law’s effective date. Atwood & Cherny partners David E. Cherny and Erin M. Shapiro represented the wife in a Modification proceeding brought by her former husband seeking to terminate alimony on the basis that it exceeded the new durational limitations of the Act. The case clarified and defined the constitutionality of applying the new durational limits to cases that pre-dated the effective date of the Act, as well as the parameters that would allow a court to deviate from application.
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SIGNIFICANT CASES
  • ​Young v. Young,  81 N.E. 3d 1165 (2017)
  • Van Arsdale v. Van Arsdale, 477 Mass. 218 (2017)
  • Rodman v. Rodman, 570 Mass. 539 (2015)
  • Zaleski v. Zaleski, 469 Mass. 230 (2014)
  • ​Vedensky v. Vedensky, 86 Mass. App. Ct. 768 (2014)
  • Pierce v. Pierce, 455 Mass. 286 (2009)
  • Austin v. Austin, 445 Mass. 601 (2005)
  • DeMatteo v. DeMatteo, 436 Mass. 18 (2002)
  • Krock v. Krock, 46 Mass. App. Ct. 528 (1999)
  • Cricenti v. Weiland, 44 Mass. App. Ct. 785 (1998)
  • Kendall v. Kendall, 426 Mass, 238 (1997), cert. denied, 118 U.S. 23669 (1998)
  • Rosenberg v. Rosenberg​, 33 Mass App. Ct. 903 (1992)
  • Bacon v. Bacon, 26 Mass. App. Ct 117 (1988)
  • Wansong v. Wansong, 395 Mass. 154 (1985)
  • Dominick v. Dominick, 18 Mass. App. Ct. 85 (1984)
  • Rolde v. Rolde, 12 Mass. App. Ct. 398 (1981)
  • Osborne v. Osborne, 384 Mass. 591 (1981)​
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