930 So. 2d 415 - Spence v. Spence’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
May 2008
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 824 So. 2d 623 - Sanderson v. Sanderson · 498 So. 2d 328 - Dillon v. Dillon · 614 So. 2d 394 - Smith v. Smith · 732 So. 2d 876 - Kilpatrick v. Kilpatrick · Banks v. Banks
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“`[t]rifles light as air' may be sufficient to convince the jealous or the suspicious, but they do not impress the court with the same degree of credulity. Before accepting charges so seriously affecting the character of a person, the evidence must be clear and convincing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lister v. Lister
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