Brown v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “The statute does imply that the Trial Court should satisfy itself as to the “finding” incorporated into the decree, but the means whereby the Court is to satisfy itself are not made clear. The evidence shows that neither party appeared before the Trial Court in connection with the divorce. The Trial Court may have relied entirely upon the document signed by the parties, and/or statements of counsel and/or other information. The record is silent in this regard. In any event T.R.C.P. 60.02 does not contemplate the invalidation of a solemn judgment upon the unsupported allegation that the judge rendering the judgment did not make independent investigation of the fairness of documents signed by both parties.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Vaccarella v. Vaccarella