57 Ala. App. 732 - Dickson v. Dickson’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
July 1981
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 47 Ala. App. 443 - Body v. Body · Pope v. Pope · 51 Ala. App. 460 - Hallman v. Hallman
Most-quoted passages
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“"The division of property in a divorce proceeding does not have to be equal; it should be equitable, Pope v. Pope, 268 Ala. 513 , 109 So.2d 521 . The award lies within the sound judicial discretion of the trial judge, reviewable only for abuse, Hallman v. Hallman, 51 Ala.App. 460 , 286 So.2d 863 . Where the trial judge sitting without a jury has heard the evidence ore tenus, as here, the findings are entitled to a favorable presumption, and should be set aside only where plainly and palpably erroneous, Body v. Body, 47 Ala.App. 443 , 256 So.2d 184 ."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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