Bell v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
March 1998
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · Marriage of Royal v. Royal · Fugate v. Fugate · J. A. A. v. A. D. A. · Marriage of Oberkrom v. Oberkrom
Most-quoted passages
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“Where as here, and in the above cases, the evidence shows a physical condition existing at the time of the marriage dissolution which has a substantial potentiality for disabling the wife from remaining self-supporting, fairness to the wife requires that her existing physical condition be taken into account. It would be impractical to undertake to try to reduce the future possibilities to a present dollar allowance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Graves v. Graves
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