Glotzer v. Glotzer’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
October 1998
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“intended by this statute “to eliminate the burden of plenary or protracted litigation to enforce the wife’s established rights under a matrimonial decree. [The statute] is intended to enforce summary relief for the non-payment of alimony ... It is in effect a motion for summary judgment.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Peterson v. Peterson
How this case has been treated — in progress
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