Thomas v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bixler v. Bixler · May v. May · Ederle v. Ederle · Sansone v. Sansone · Clark v. Clark
Most-quoted passages
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“Where the evidence indicates that the dependent spouse's financial prospects will not improve materially in the future and that the means of the spouse providing maintenance are not likely to decrease substantially, the trial court abuses its discretion when it speculates that the original maintenance award will no longer be required in the future.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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