In the case of Rodman v. Rodman, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts addressed the issue of whether the retirement provisions of the Alimony Reform Act could be applied retroactively to modify an alimony agreement that was part of a divorce judgment entered before March 1, 2012. George J. Rodman sought to terminate his alimony obligations to his former wife, Roberta Rodman, upon reaching full retirement age, as defined by the Alimony Reform Act. The court concluded that the retirement provisions did not apply retroactively to modify the alimony agreement, as the agreement had merged into the divorce judgment prior to the effective date of the Act. The court emphasized that the legislative intent was not to allow retroactive application of the retirement provisions to merged agreements.