102 N.C. App. 514 - Morrison v. Morrison’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If the property settlement is negotiated as "reciprocal consideration" for the separation agreement, the agreements are deemed integrated and the resumption of marital relations will terminate the executory provisions of the property settlement agreement. If not in reciprocal consideration, the provisions of the property settlement are deemed separate and the resumption of marital relations will not affect either the executed or executory provisions of the property settlement agreement.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 1995 Conn. Super. Ct. 7000 - Selden v. Selden, No. Fa94-73368 S (Jun. 14, 1995) · 264 N.C. App. 669 - Bradshaw v. Bradshaw

2. “contracts which provide that reconciliation will not affect the terms of a separation agreement violate the policy behind separation agreements and are therefore void”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 120 N.C. App. 707 - Williams v. Williams · 264 N.C. App. 669 - Bradshaw v. Bradshaw

3. “A separation agreement is defined as a contract between spouses providing for marital support rights and is executed while the parties are separated or are planning to separate immediately. [T]he heart of a separation agreement is the parties' intention and agreement to live separate and apart forever . . . . A property settlement agreement provides for a division of real and personal property held by the spouses. The parties may enter a property settlement at any time, regardless of whether they contemplate separation or divorce . . . . A property settlement contains provisions . . . which might with equal propriety have been made had no separation been contemplated . . . . CT Page 7008”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 1995 Conn. Super. Ct. 7000 - Selden v. Selden, No. Fa94-73368 S (Jun. 14, 1995)