Heustis v. Heustis’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. ““In Wheeler v. Wheeler, Ky., 238 S.W.2d 1001, 1003 (1951), it was held that temporary alimony should be credited on the award of permanent alimony. In Oldham v. Oldham, Ky., 259 S.W.2d 42, 44 (1953), the Wheeler case apparently was treated as a precedent establishing a standing rule or principle to that effect. To clarify the question, we think the correct rule is exemplified by the later case of Hicks v. Hicks, Ky., 290 S.W.2d 483, 485 (1956), in which it was recognized that the allowance or non-allowance of pendente lite alimony payments as a credit toward the ultimate award is a matter to be taken into consideration by the chancellor in fixing the amount of the permanent award. For example, had he so chosen in this case the chancellor could have awarded more than $49,-000 in cash alimony. The record makes it clear that in fixing that amount he took into consideration, by expressly disallowing them as a credit, all such amounts as had been paid theretofore.””

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