Kilton v. Kilton
Annotate this CaseIn 2015, Jennifer Kilton filed a complaint for divorce from Darin Kilton. The trial court held an uncontested final hearing, which Darin did not attend. The court subsequently granted the parties’ divorce, adopting the order drafted by Jennifer’s party. Darin did not file any post-judgment motions. Darin timely filed this appeal but initiated no effort to create an alternative record of the unrecorded final hearing. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding that there was no basis to grant relief on appeal because the trial court was not given the opportunity to address the concerns Darin raised for the first time on appeal and because there was no record of the evidence presented to the trial court.
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