Nancy Powell-Ferri v. Paul John Ferri, Jr.

Summary

The court affirmed the financial orders entered in the dissolution action. It held that the assets decanted into the 2011 spendthrift trust could not be treated as marital property, that the automatic orders did not require Ferri to sue the trustees or make him liable for contempt, that no distributable chose in action existed, and that the attorney's-fee award was within the trial court's discretion. The court also concluded that the Massachusetts decanting determination eliminated the need to consider Powell-Ferri's claimed contributions to the 1983 trust.