Schwarb v. Schwarb’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “"We have examined the evidence adduced before the chancellor and find insufficient evidence from which the chancellor could reasonably conclude that the need of the plaintiff wife for the alimony payments, or the financial ability of the defendant to make such payments, would, or were likely to, terminate on or about January 15, 1972. In fairness to the chancellor, however, we mention the fact at the end of the judgment he reserved the jurisdiction `to enforce and modify' the above-quoted provision. "We hold, therefore, that the chancellor erred in limiting the award of alimony to a six-months period, so the judgment appealed from herein must be, and it is reversed, and the cause is remanded for futher proceedings consistent with the views hereinabove expressed."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 296 So. 2d 541 - Reback v. Reback