420 So. 2d 785 - Baldwin v. Baldwin’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “"If either spouse has no separate estate or if it be insufficient for the maintenance of such spouse, the judge, upon granting a divorce, at his discretion, may order to such spouse an allowance out of the estate of the other spouse, taking into consideration the value thereof and the condition of the spouse's family; provided, however, that the judge may not take into consideration any property acquired prior to the marriage of the parties or by inheritance or gift unless the trial judge finds from the evidence that such property, or income produced by such property, has been used regularly for the common benefit of the parties during their marriage."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 486 So. 2d 1289 - MacKenzie v. MacKenzie