Dickason v. Dickason’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently February 2023 · most notably Timmons v. Royal Globe Insurance Co. (1985), Chandler v. Denton (1987)
37 state decisions
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Relationships
Relies on Mabry v. Baird · Stevens Expert Cleaners & Dyers, Inc. v. Stevens · Amos v. Johnston · Knight v. Armstrong · Filtsch v. Sipe
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . The Adams Court misconstrues the holdings in Dickason . The language in Dickason which could be construed to mean what Adams says it means is 'A pre-divorce property settlement agreement is not enforceable absent its affirmative approval by the Court.' This statement is considered by this Court to be " dicta. " It was not a necessary finding needed to reach its conclusion. Dickason involved a spouse attempting to modify a Judgment entered by the Court following a pre-divorce settlement agreement. The facts in Adams and in the case at bar involve attempts to have a pre-decree settlement agreement voided or not enforced prior to it being made into a judgment. The Adams Court relying on Dickason found that the trial court erred in not ascertaining whether the parties [sic] settlement was fair, just, and reasonable. This Court finds that the party who seeks to rescind or void a settlement agreement bears the burden of convincing the Court that the settlement agreement is not fair, just, reasonable, or was obtained by fraud, duress, or undue influence.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. SMITH v. SMITH · Ryan v. Ryan“''The court shall also provide in the divorce decree that upon the death or remarriage of the recipient, the payments for support, if not already accrued, shall terminate.... Upon proper application the court shall order payment of support terminated and the lien discharged after remarriage of the recipient, unless the recipient can make a proper showing that some amount of support is still needed and that circumstances have not rendered payment of the same inequitable, provided the recipient commences an action for such determination, within ninety (90) days of the date of such remarriage."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Onee a judgment has become final for want of an appeal or in consequence of an appellate court's decision, any controversy over the meaning and effect of that judgment must be resolved by resorting solely to the face of the judgment roll. The meaning of a judgment is to be divined from the terms expressed in its text, which is to be construed with the other parts of the judgment roll. Only if a judgment is ambiguous on the face of the record proper may the court reach it for construction. When called upon to so do, the court stands confined to an inspection of the judgment roll. It cannot extend its inquiry dekors the instruments that comprise the roll.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ryan v. Ryan
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