15 Maine opinions name it 1 courts 1981–2020 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Maine courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
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Blanchard v. Sawyergreen2 sentences2008See Blanchard v. Sawyer, 2001 ME 18, ¶¶ 4-5 , 769 A.2d 841, 843 (discussing the methods by which a trial court construes a prior judgment). 2008See Blanchard v. Sawyer, 2001 ME 18, ¶¶ 4-5 , 769 A.2d 841, 843 (discussing the methods by which a trial court construes a prior judgment). | 2 | 2 |
Bond v. Bondgreen2 sentences2020See Bond v. Bond, 2011 ME 54, ¶ 10 , 17 A.3d 1219 . 2020See Bond v. Bond, 2011 ME 54, ¶ 10 , 17 A.3d 1219 . | 1 | 1 |
Chad E. Bulkley v. Brittany A. Bulkleygreen2 sentences2019P. 52(b), we assume that the court found all the facts necessary to support the judgment if those findings are supported in the record); see also Bulkley v. Bulkley , 2013 ME 101 , ¶¶ 10, 13-14, 82 A.3d 116 ; Grant v. Hamm , 2012 ME 79 , ¶ 14, 48 A.3d 789 . [¶2] The parties' briefs and the court's divorce judgment indicate that prior to the divorce hearing, the father had appeared before the same judge in proceedings leading to his convictions for domestic violence assault and violation of a condition of release and his participation in domestic violence court. 2019P. 52(b), we assume that the court found all the facts necessary to support the judgment if those findings are supported in the record); see also Bulkley v. Bulkley , 2013 ME 101 , ¶¶ 10, 13-14, 82 A.3d 116 ; Grant v. Hamm , 2012 ME 79 , ¶ 14, 48 A.3d 789 . [¶2] The parties' briefs and the court's divorce judgment indicate that prior to the divorce hearing, the father had appeared before the same judge in proceedings leading to his convictions for domestic violence assault and violation of a condition of release and his participation in domestic violence court. | 1 | 1 |
Transamerica Commercial Finance Corp. v. Birtgreen1 sentence2014Corp. v. Birt, 599 A.2d 65, 65 (Me.1991) (affirming a judgment based on a settlement placed on the record before the court because “[t]he oral stipulation entered on the record ... was adequate to support the entry of a judgment finally disposing of the litigation”); cf. Lane v. Me. | 1 | 1 |
Toffling v. Tofflinggreen2 sentences2014See, e.g., Muther, 2009 ME 37, ¶¶ 7-8 , 968 A.2d 539 (holding that a transcript of the parties’ recitation of a settlement agreement into the court record “without more, conclusively establishes the existence of a binding settlement agreement as a matter of law”); Toffling v. Toffling, 2008 ME 90, ¶¶ 4-5, 8-9 , 953 A.2d 375 (upholding a judgment enforcing a settlement agreement recited into the record at a final divorce hearing); Transamerica Commercial Fin. 2014See, e.g., Muther, 2009 ME 37, ¶¶ 7-8 , 968 A.2d 539 (holding that a transcript of the parties’ recitation of a settlement agreement into the court record “without more, conclusively establishes the existence of a binding settlement agreement as a matter of law”); Toffling v. Toffling, 2008 ME 90, ¶¶ 4-5, 8-9 , 953 A.2d 375 (upholding a judgment enforcing a settlement agreement recited into the record at a final divorce hearing); Transamerica Commercial Fin. | 1 | 1 |
Muther v. Broad Cove Shore Ass'ngreen2 sentences2014See, e.g., Muther, 2009 ME 37, ¶¶ 7-8 , 968 A.2d 539 (holding that a transcript of the parties’ recitation of a settlement agreement into the court record “without more, conclusively establishes the existence of a binding settlement agreement as a matter of law”); Toffling v. Toffling, 2008 ME 90, ¶¶ 4-5, 8-9 , 953 A.2d 375 (upholding a judgment enforcing a settlement agreement recited into the record at a final divorce hearing); Transamerica Commercial Fin. 2014See, e.g., Muther, 2009 ME 37, ¶¶ 7-8 , 968 A.2d 539 (holding that a transcript of the parties’ recitation of a settlement agreement into the court record “without more, conclusively establishes the existence of a binding settlement agreement as a matter of law”); Toffling v. Toffling, 2008 ME 90, ¶¶ 4-5, 8-9 , 953 A.2d 375 (upholding a judgment enforcing a settlement agreement recited into the record at a final divorce hearing); Transamerica Commercial Fin. | 1 | 1 |
Connolly v. Connollygreen2 sentences2012See Connolly, 2006 ME 17, ¶¶ 7-8 , 892 A.2d 465 ; Rowland v. Kingman, 1997 ME 80, ¶ 4 , 692 A.2d 939 . [¶ 13] Instead of conducting a hearing, however, the court deemed the evidence presented in the parties’ divorce hearing sufficient to inform its analysis of the motion to modify the protection order. 2012See Connolly, 2006 ME 17, ¶¶ 7-8 , 892 A.2d 465 ; Rowland v. Kingman, 1997 ME 80, ¶ 4 , 692 A.2d 939 . [¶ 13] Instead of conducting a hearing, however, the court deemed the evidence presented in the parties’ divorce hearing sufficient to inform its analysis of the motion to modify the protection order. | 1 | 1 |
Pelletier v. Pelletiergreen1 sentence2005See Pelletier v. Pelletier, 597 A.2d 60, 62 (Me.1991). | 1 | 1 |
Glew v. Glewgreen2 sentences2002See Blanchard v. Sawyer, 2001 ME 18, ¶ 5 , 769 A.2d 841, 843 (“A court’s construction of a divorce decree, like any judgment, must be consistent with the language read as a whole and objectively supported by the record.”) (quoting Glew v. Glew, 1999 ME 114, ¶ 5 , 734 A.2d 676, 679 )). [¶ 15] In the three academic years immediately following the entry of the divorce judgment, both William and Jonathan attended Hebron Academy, but the parties failed to follow the formula for the payment of the associated expenses established in the divorce judgment. 2002See Blanchard v. Sawyer, 2001 ME 18, ¶ 5 , 769 A.2d 841, 843 (“A court’s construction of a divorce decree, like any judgment, must be consistent with the language read as a whole and objectively supported by the record.”) (quoting Glew v. Glew, 1999 ME 114, ¶ 5 , 734 A.2d 676, 679 )). [¶ 15] In the three academic years immediately following the entry of the divorce judgment, both William and Jonathan attended Hebron Academy, but the parties failed to follow the formula for the payment of the associated expenses established in the divorce judgment. | 1 | 1 |
Simmons v. State Ex Rel. State Highway Commissiongreen1 sentence1997Donald was competent to testify about the value of his property, see Simmons v. State Highway Comm’n, 234 A.2d 330, 332 (Me.1967), and “[w]e give due regard to the opportunity of the trial court to judge the credibility of the witnesses and weigh the evidence.” Gray, 609 A.2d at 697 (citations omitted). | 1 | 1 |
Gray v. Graygreen1 sentence1997Donald was competent to testify about the value of his property, see Simmons v. State Highway Comm’n, 234 A.2d 330, 332 (Me.1967), and “[w]e give due regard to the opportunity of the trial court to judge the credibility of the witnesses and weigh the evidence.” Gray, 609 A.2d at 697 (citations omitted). | 1 | 1 |
Magno v. Town of Freeportgreen1 sentence1991See Magno v. Town of Freeport, 486 A.2d 137, 140 (Me.1985). | 1 | 1 |
Willette v. Umhoeffergreen1 sentence1985Willette v. Umhoeffer, 268 A.2d 617, 619 (Me.1970). | 1 | 1 |
Qualey v. Fultongreen1 sentence1984According the trial court great latitude to judge the credibility of witnesses, see Qualey v. Fulton, 422 A.2d 773, 775 (Me.1980), we hold the trial court did not err by denying the motion. 17 . | 1 | 1 |
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Grant v. Hamm
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2 sentences2019P. 52(b), we assume that the court found all the facts necessary to support the judgment if those findings are supported in the record); see also Bulkley v. Bulkley , 2013 ME 101 , ¶¶ 10, 13-14, 82 A.3d 116 ; Grant v. Hamm , 2012 ME 79 , ¶ 14, 48 A.3d 789 . [¶2] The parties' briefs and the court's divorce judgment indicate that prior to the divorce hearing, the father had appeared before the same judge in proceedings leading to his convictions for domestic violence assault and violation of a condition of release and his participation in domestic violence court. 2019P. 52(b), we assume that the court found all the facts necessary to support the judgment if those findings are supported in the record); see also Bulkley v. Bulkley , 2013 ME 101 , ¶¶ 10, 13-14, 82 A.3d 116 ; Grant v. Hamm , 2012 ME 79 , ¶ 14, 48 A.3d 789 . [¶2] The parties' briefs and the court's divorce judgment indicate that prior to the divorce hearing, the father had appeared before the same judge in proceedings leading to his convictions for domestic violence assault and violation of a condition of release and his participation in domestic violence court. | 1 | 2019–2019 |
Rowland v. Kingman
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2 sentences2012See Connolly, 2006 ME 17, ¶¶ 7-8 , 892 A.2d 465 ; Rowland v. Kingman, 1997 ME 80, ¶ 4 , 692 A.2d 939 . [¶ 13] Instead of conducting a hearing, however, the court deemed the evidence presented in the parties’ divorce hearing sufficient to inform its analysis of the motion to modify the protection order. 2012See Connolly, 2006 ME 17, ¶¶ 7-8 , 892 A.2d 465 ; Rowland v. Kingman, 1997 ME 80, ¶ 4 , 692 A.2d 939 . [¶ 13] Instead of conducting a hearing, however, the court deemed the evidence presented in the parties’ divorce hearing sufficient to inform its analysis of the motion to modify the protection order. | 1 | 2012–2012 |
Doucette v. Washburn
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1 sentence2011Id. ¶ 11, 766 A.2d at 583 . | 1 | 2011–2011 |
Carolan v. Bell
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2 sentences2007Carolan v. Bell, 2007 ME 39, ¶ 12 , 916 A.2d 945, 948 . [¶ 12] Daniel testified that at the time of the divorce hearing, he was earning $11.25 an hour and working twenty-five hours per week and that his income potential was $30,000-$32,000, but that he was not presently making that amount. 2007Carolan v. Bell, 2007 ME 39, ¶ 12 , 916 A.2d 945, 948 . [¶ 12] Daniel testified that at the time of the divorce hearing, he was earning $11.25 an hour and working twenty-five hours per week and that his income potential was $30,000-$32,000, but that he was not presently making that amount. | 1 | 2007–2007 |
Boothbay Harbor Condominium I v. Whitten
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1 sentence1990We are satisfied, therefore, that the record adequately supports the court’s reading of its prior judgment. 2 Accordingly, we determine that the court did not err in construing and clarifying its ambiguous divorce judgment. 3 The provisions of addition and deletion in the court’s order were no more thán “a convenient way of setting forth with perfect clarity that which [the court] had found was already included in the judgment by implication.” Boothbay Harbor Condominium I v. Whitten, 387 A.2d at 1120 . | 1 | 1990–1990 |
Boulay v. Boulay
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2 sentences1981In Boulay v. Boulay, Me., 393 A.2d 1339 (1978), the justice who presided over the parties’ divorce hearing died before rendering a decision. 1981The parties consented to a second justice deciding the case based upon the transcript; we held that with the parties’ consent the second justice could act in all. respects as if he had heard the case. *68 Id. at 1340 . | 1 | 1981–1981 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
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