Devries v. Devries’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
September 2003
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · In Re Marriage of Vanet · Flach v. Flach · In Re the Marriage of Deatherage · Marriage of Trapani v. Trapani
Most-quoted passages
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“The husband has voluntarily put himself in a position of diminishing his income and having cashed in assets. Though the award here is harsh when compared with his actual present income, the trial court’s discretion in this matter cannot be said to have been abused. Under these facts, the new guidelines under Rule 88.01 will not impinge on his temporary order of support. Of the factors relevant to this item listed in § 452.340, only (b), the resources and needs of the father, bear in his favor. But he has chosen, without justifiable explanation, to diminish his income.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Anderson v. Anderson
How this case has been treated — in progress
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