21 Md. App. 659 - Sands v. Sands’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
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cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
September 1976
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dickey v. Dickey · 18 Md. App. 626 - Simpson v. Simpson · Sands v. Sands
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““1. Alimony is a money allowance payable under a judicial decree by a husband at stated intervals to his wife, or former wife, during their joint lives or until the remarriage of the wife, so long as they live separately, for her support and maintenance.” [Footnote omitted.] a. It must terminate on the remarriage of the wife. b. It must terminate on the death of the wife. c. It must terminate on the death of the husband.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Schmertz v. Schmertz
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