199 So. 2d 365 - Cox v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““In Smith v. Smith, supra, the court found the wife had property, all of which was acquired by her in a partition of the community, valued at approximately $20,000. This property consisted of War Bonds, an automobile and notes of the husband, from all of which she had an income of $35 per month. It appears that all of this property was convertible to liquid assets. Under the particular facts of that case, the court re quired that the wife use a portion of her means in maintaining herself. Therein the court reasoned that it would be unfair to require the husband to maintain the wife wholly from his property thus depleting his own property, while the wife retained and kept intact her estate.” (Emphasis ours.) Cox, supra, 199 So.2d at 368 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 254 So. 2d 304 - Kellogg v. Faust

2. ““We find in this case that it is more equitable to debit the plaintiff with the net income from the Mississippi property and require the defendant to pay the difference between all net income received by plaintiff and the amount determined to be one-third of his income, as above set forth. In the Smith case, the amount of the wife’s property was easily calculated, it apparently was either liquid or easily converted into cash, whereas in the instant case, it is questionable what amount the plaintiff could receive for the property assuming that there is an available purchaser.” (Emphasis ours.) Cox, supra at 369 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 254 So. 2d 304 - Kellogg v. Faust