709 So. 2d 1283 - Rubert v. Rubert’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
November 2016
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 485 So. 2d 1174 - Lutz v. Lutz · B.D. Nelson Land Development, Inc. v. Jackson · O'Neal v. O'Neal · 624 So. 2d 1076 - Greer v. Greer · Daugherty v. Daugherty
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]he amount awarded to one spouse should not `cripple' the other *Page 561 spouse.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T]he purpose of periodic alimony is to support the former dependent spouse and enable that spouse, to the extent possible, to maintain the status that the parties had enjoyed during the marriage, until that spouse is self-supporting or maintaining a lifestyle or status similar to the one enjoyed during the marriage.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“"An award of alimony is entrusted to the sound discretion of the trial court and that award will not be set aside absent an abuse of that discretion. O'Neal v. O'Neal , 678 So.2d 161 , 164 (Ala.Civ.App. 1996). In making the decision to award alimony, the trial court may consider several factors, including the parties' respective present and future earning capacities, their age and health, their conduct, the duration of the marriage, and the value and type of marital property. Lutz v. Lutz , 485 So.2d 1174 (Ala.Civ.App. 1986). `[T]he purpose of periodic alimony is to support the former dependent spouse and enable that spouse, to the extent possible , to maintain the status that the parties had enjoyed during the marriage, until that spouse is self-supporting or maintaining a lifestyle or status similar to the one *Page 637 enjoyed during the marriage.' O'Neal , 678 So.2d at 164 (emphasis added). However, `[t]he amount awarded to one spouse should not "cripple" the other spouse.' Daugherty v. Daugherty , 579 So.2d 1377 , 1380 (Ala.Civ.App. 1991)."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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