448 So. 2d 371 - McCrary v. McCrary’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
June 1993
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hager v. Hager · 390 So. 2d 1060 - Dees v. Dees · 373 So. 2d 848 - Weeks v. Weeks
Most-quoted passages
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“" 'But, on principle, there is no escape from the conclusion that a decree for alimony in gross, if without reservation [of control], becomes a vested right from the date of its rendition and survives the death of the husband. Differing from a mere periodic allowance for current and continuous support, it is intended to effect a final termination of the property rights and relations *Page 738 of the parties, and is an approximate appraisal of the present value of the wife's future support, and, in a measure, a compensation for her loss of inchoate property rights in her husband's homestead and other estate, given to her by statute in case of her survival.' "”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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