Stanford v. Stanford’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “Alabama law is well settled that the modification of periodic alimony is a matter within the discretion of the trial court, and on appeal a trial court's judgment on that matter is presumed correct. Posey v. Posey , 634 So.2d 571 , 572 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 244 So. 3d 106 - Hopkins v. Hopkins · 241 So. 3d 733 - Seymour v. Seymour

2. “only reserves to the trial court the authority to determine, based on the results of the recipient spouse's rehabilitation efforts and other material circumstances then existing, whether equity demands that the spouse receive periodic alimony designed to maintain his or her former standard of living and to fix an award based on that determination”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 241 So. 3d 733 - Seymour v. Seymour

3. “[t]he trial court may modify an award of periodic alimony if the petitioner proves that a material change of circumstances has occurred since the last award was made.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilson v. Wilson