Hicks v. Hicks’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 1976
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Becker v. Becker · Sears v. Sears · Biggs Ex Rel. Biggs v. Biggs Ex Rel. Weiters · Hooper v. . Hooper · Broom v. Broom.
Most-quoted passages
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“. . It is settled that, where circumstantial evidence is relied upon to establish adultery, there must be evidence of both inclination and opportunity on the part of the party charged. 1 Lee, N. C. Family Law, § 65, p. 262. ...””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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