282 So. 2d 119 - Malone v. Malone’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
35 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently September 2014 · most notably Cassidy v. Cassidy (1985), 785 So. 2d 880 - Ventura v. Rubio (2001)
35 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Arnold v. Arnold · Southern Construction Co. v. Housing Authority · McDonald v. Terrebonne Parish School Board · Fontanille v. Winn-Dixie Louisiana, Inc. · King v. King
Most-quoted passages
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“"... we hold that appeals from judgments awarding, denying, modifying or terminating alimony or custody are governed by the provisions of C.C.P. 3943."”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage““[2] The main purpose of Article 3943, which has no counterpart in the Code of Practice, is to codify the jurisprudential rule denying a suspensive appeal in custody cases and to provide a wife necessary support pending appeal, by legislatively overruling jurisprudence which held that suspensive appeals could be taken from judgments awarding alimony. C.C.P. 3943, Official Revision Comments. How.ever, the' wording of the article is unfortunate: ‘judgment awarding,’ which appears in the first sentence of the article, appears to demand a restricted application of Article 3943, but ‘judgment relates to,’ which appears in the second sentence of the article, seems to indicate a broader application of the article. [[Image here]] “[3] Therefore, we hold that appeals from judgments awarding, denying, modifying or terminating alimony or custody are governed by the provisions of C.C.P. 3943.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Article 3942. An appeal from a judgment granting or refusing an annulment of marriage, a separation from bed and board, or a divorce can be taken only within thirty days from the applicable date provided in Article 2087(l)-{3). Such an appeal shall suspend the execution of the judgment in so far as the judgment relates to the annulment, separation, or divorce. Article 3943. An appeal from a judgment awarding custody of a person or alimony can be taken only within the delay provided in Article 3942. Such an appeal shall not suspend the execution of the judgment in so far as the judgment relates to custody or alimony.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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