7 Va. App. 553 - Reid v. Reid’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently July 2013 · most notably 24 Va. App. 190 - Moreno v. Moreno (1997), 14 Va. App. 558 - Gamble v. Gamble (1992)
32 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 5 Va. App. 238 - Brown v. Brown · 4 Va. App. 19 - Williams v. Williams · 2 Va. App. 238 - Dodge v. Dodge · Rowand v. Rowand · 4 Va. App. 132 - Artis v. Artis
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Code § 20-107.3 provides for the equitable distribution of the accumulated marital wealth between the marital parties; it does not contemplate consideration of the future ability of one spouse to accumulate what will be separate property or the future needs of the other spouse. In short, the marital partnership notion terminates with the termination of the marriage and whatever marital wealth has been accumulated is to be equitably distributed at that time. It is axiomatic that whatever the future may hold for either of the parties has no bearing on the issue of the appropriate division of what has been accumulated by their contributions during the marriage.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“A spousal support award under Code § 20-107.1 serves a purpose distinctly different from an equitable distribution award fashioned under Code § 20-107.3. “Spousal support involves a legal duty flowing from one spouse to the other by virtue of the marital relationship. By contrast, a monetary award does not flow from any legal duty, but involves an adjustment of the equities, rights and interests of the parties in marital property.” “In determining spousal support, the trial court’s consideration must include earning capacity, obligations, needs, the property interests of the parties, and the provisions if any, made with regard to marital property.” “A review of all the factors contained in Code § 20-107.1 is mandatory” in making a spousal support award.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Code § 20-107.3(E)(11) does not contemplate consideration of earning capacity of one spouse and support needs of the other spouse, which are expressly embodied in Code § 20-107.1 and are more appropriately determined under the latter statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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