Jones v. Oakes’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “"The decree of the Missouri Court is conclusive as to all matters properly before the court there that were finally determined in that decree. The only jurisdiction reserved in that decree was to `alter, amend or modify this decree in such form and manner as the Court may from time to time adjudge and determine to meet the needs and best welfare of said children.' Nowhere in the record do we find any allegation or evidence that `the needs and best welfare' of the child Daphne require a modification of this portion of the decree. Moreover, both parties concede that such decree may not be modified retroactively. Pottinger v. Pottinger, 133 Fla. 442 , 182 So. 762 ; Blanton v. Blanton, 154 Fla. 750 , 18 So.2d 902 ."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 73 So. 2d 274 - Bennett v. Bennett