Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 2005
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 656 So. 2d 821 - Ex Parte Boykin · Ex Parte Parker · 423 So. 2d 887 - Null v. Null · 452 So. 2d 1338 - Kaleta v. Kaleta · Hill v. Moree
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“"[a]lthough the husband's obligation to satisfy the tax debt originated as an agreement between the parties, that agreement was incorporated into their divorce judgment. At that point, "`the judgment, and not the agreement itself, became the controlling enforceable instrument.'" Chappel v. Esty , 655 So.2d 1011 , 1012 (Ala.Civ.App. 1995) (quoting Kaleta v. Kaleta , 452 So.2d 1338 , 1339 (Ala.Civ.App. 1984)). Furthermore, the husband's obligations later became the subject of the September judgment that required him to take specific action within a certain time."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“On appeal, the former husband argued "that a debt cannot be the subject of contempt proceedings and that the trial court erred when it imposed sanctions against him for his failure to pay a debt. The husband relies on Ala. Const. of 1901, Art. I, § 20 (`no person shall be *Page 578 imprisoned for debt'); Null v. Null , 423 So.2d 887 (Ala.Civ.App. 1982); and Ex parte Parker , 334 So.2d 911 (Ala.Civ.App. 1976)."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In both [ Ex parte ] Parker and Null , an agreement between the parties was involved, wherein one of the parties willingly assumed certain financial responsibilities. It was this contractual characteristic which gave rise to a debt ex contractu and which, therefore, precluded enforcement by a contempt citation. See, e.g. , Ala. Const. art. I , § 20 (stating `[t]hat no person shall be imprisoned for debt').”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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