In the case of Williams v. Pitney, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts dealt with a dispute arising from a divorce judgment. The case involved Georgia Williams, who sought to relocate with her two minor children to California, despite a separation agreement with John H. Stevens Pitney that prohibited removing the children from Massachusetts without mutual consent. The separation agreement was part of the divorce judgment and was intended to survive it. The court was tasked with determining the burden of proof required for a party to be granted permission to relocate under General Laws chapter 208, section 30. The court ultimately affirmed the judgment, allowing the relocation.