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Wife bar in Kentucky

10 Kentucky opinions name it 3 courts 1902–2021 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Kentucky 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.

Followed or applied (0)

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No positive-treatment citations attached to this issue in Kentucky.

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Kentucky. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (10)

CaseCitedYears
Kotsiris v. Ling green
kyctapphigh · 1970
2 sentences

2009Then, in 1970, this Court’s predecessor in Kotsiris v. Ling, 451 S.W.2d 411 (Ky.1970), expanded the cause of action for loss of consortium to allow a wife the same claim.

1997Kotsiris, supra .

31983–2009
Commonwealth v. English green
ky · 1999
1 sentence

2021Clearly, there is no basis for a conclusion that the family court’s decision was “arbitrary, unreasonable, unfair, or unsupported by sound legal principles.” English, supra at 945 .

12021–2021
Hertel v. Hertel neutral
kyctapp · 1924
2 sentences

1961Hertel v. Hertel, 202 Ky. 422 , 259 S.W. 1025 .

1961Hertel v. Hertel, 202 Ky. 422 , 259 S.W. 1025 .

11961–1961
Payne v. Commonwealth neutral
kyctapphigh · 1948
1 sentence

1956Schaengold v. Behen, 306 Ky. 544 , 208 S.W.2d 726 ; Turner v. Smith, 306 Ky. 551 , 208 S.W.2d 731 .

11956–1956
Schaengold v. Behen neutral
kyctapphigh · 1948
1 sentence

1956Schaengold v. Behen, 306 Ky. 544 , 208 S.W.2d 726 ; Turner v. Smith, 306 Ky. 551 , 208 S.W.2d 731 .

11956–1956
Turner v. Smith neutral
kyctapphigh · 1948
2 sentences

1956Schaengold v. Behen, 306 Ky. 544 , 208 S.W.2d 726 ; Turner v. Smith, 306 Ky. 551 , 208 S.W.2d 731 .

1956Schaengold v. Behen, 306 Ky. 544 , 208 S.W.2d 726 ; Turner v. Smith, 306 Ky. 551 , 208 S.W.2d 731 .

11956–1956
Anderson v. Anderson neutral
kyctapp · 1913
1 sentence

1927A, case involving facts very much analogous to those found in this case bearing upon the conduct of plaintiff. the wife, is Anderson v. Anderson, 152 Ky. 773 , and in which we held, as we had done in many cases prior thereto and likewise in cases subsequent thereto, that facts creating mere suspicion are'not sufficient to convict the wife of a violation of the marital vow, although they might show that she was considerably indiscreet, and a due consideration of frail human nature necessarily substantiates that conclusion.

11927–1927
Byassee v. Reese neutral
kyctapp · 1863
1 sentence

1916If the contract had contemplated the immediate severance of the timber from the land, it might be treated as a sale of personalty by the wife under the rule announced in many decisions of this court, that a sale of standing trees in contemplation of their immediate severance from the soil is a constructive severance of them and they pass as chattels: Byassee v. Reese, 4 Met. 372 .

11916–1916
O'Dell v. Little neutral
kyctapp · 1884
1 sentence

1915In O ’Dell v. Little, supra, where the married woman alone conveyed, her husband joining in the deed only by signing it, and it being ineffectual to pass title, this court said: “The entry was under the wife with the claim of an absolute title against both (husband and wife), and therefore the action must have been brought within three years after the husband’s death, etc.” There is no doubt that Mazy C.

11915–1915
McQuinn v. McQuinn neutral
kyctapp · 1901
2 sentences

1902Section 2133, Kentucky Statutes, on this subject, provides that the' spouse shall be barred of dower in the other’s property if he or she “voluntarily leave the other and live in adultery, unless they afterward become reconciled and live, together as husband and wife.” McQuinn v. McQuinn ( 110 Ky., 321 ) ( 22 R., 1770 ) ( 61 S. W., 358 .) 3.

1902Section 2133, Kentucky Statutes, on this subject, provides that the' spouse shall be barred of dower in the other’s property if he or she “voluntarily leave the other and live in adultery, unless they afterward become reconciled and live, together as husband and wife.” McQuinn v. McQuinn ( 110 Ky., 321 ) ( 22 R., 1770 ) ( 61 S. W., 358 .) 3.

11902–1902

Statutes the citing opinions construe

KY § Ky. Rev. Stat. § 411.145 (3)

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.

Where else courts name it

PA 89 (1900–2025) MO 83 (1885–2025) FL 61 (1939–2026) AZ 44 (1928–2026) CA 43 (1885–2025) TN 43 (1999–2026) GA 42 (1881–2026) IN 41 (1882–2024) NY 30 (1882–2024) UT 26 (1984–2017) TX 24 (1898–2025) OH 23 (1923–2026) OK 21 (1922–2019) NM 20 (1973–2024) SC 17 (1981–2026) NC 17 (1942–2026) IL 16 (1874–2016) LA 16 (1904–1996) MD 13 (1889–2020) MA 11 (1812–2014) AL 11 (1887–2016) KY 10 (1902–2021) WV 8 (1887–2026) MS 8 (1922–2005) AR 7 (1899–2010) MI 7 (1893–2024) WY 7 (1991–2022) KS 6 (1913–1991) DE 6 (1979–2022) VA 6 (1996–2023) HI 4 (2009–2016) OR 3 (1987–1993) CO 3 (1970–2012) SD 3 (1996–2026) WA 3 (1912–2012) MN 3 (1897–1988) ID 3 (1971–2023) NJ 3 (1937–2016) MT 3 (1980–2021) VT 2 (1929–1993)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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