Van Der Oef v. Van Der Oef’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 44 Cal. App. 466 - In Re the Guardianship of the Person & Estate of Bundy · 81 Cal. App. 2d 720 - Estate of Bevelle · 84 Cal. App. 2d 783 - Estate of Secord · Harder v. Allen · Minier v. Marcoux
Most-quoted passages
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“Family allowances are strongly favored in the law. [Citations.] While, as pointed out above, they may be waived by contract [citation] whether the right has been thus surrendered in a particular case is a question of the interpretation of the contract involved. [Citation.] Where, as in the case at bench, the spouses have lived together until the husband's death under conditions that made him liable for her support until that time, the right should not be held to have been surrendered by an agreement between the spouses except by clear and explicit language [citations] and any uncertainty in the language of the agreement will be resolved in favor of the right [citations].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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