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6 Alabama opinions name it 2 courts 1979–2010 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Alabama 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.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Parish v. Parishgreen2 sentences2010Thus, while not every occurrence of postmarital un-chastity by a former spouse will bar the right to alimony, a petitioner need not prove the former spouse is habitually living with another and that the couple consider themselves married.’ ” Ex parte Ward, 782 So.2d 1285, 1287 (Ala.2000) (quoting Parish v. Parish, 374 So.2d 348, 349 (Ala.Civ.App.1979)). 2000Thus, while not every occurrence of postmarital unchastity by a former spouse will bar the right to alimony, a petitioner need not prove the former spouse is habitually living with another and that the couple consider themselves married." Parish v. Parish , 374 So.2d 348 , *Page 1288 349 (Ala.Civ.App. 1979) (citations omitted). | 1 | 2 |
Ex Parte Wardgreen2 sentences2010Thus, while not every occurrence of postmarital un-chastity by a former spouse will bar the right to alimony, a petitioner need not prove the former spouse is habitually living with another and that the couple consider themselves married.’ ” Ex parte Ward, 782 So.2d 1285, 1287 (Ala.2000) (quoting Parish v. Parish, 374 So.2d 348, 349 (Ala.Civ.App.1979)). 2010We acknowledge that there is a large “grey” area between an “occasional brief sojourn” and a common-law marriage, as described in Ex parte Ward, supra. This court has declined to set forth a bright-line test that would establish when a former spouse is cohabitating with a member of the opposite sex. | 1 | 1 |
Greer v. Altoona Warehouse Co.green2 sentences1982See Greer v. Altoona Warehouse Co., 246 Ala. 297 , 20 So.2d 513 (1945); Beard v. Johnson, 87 Ala. 729 , 6 So. 383 (1888). 1982See Greer v. Altoona Warehouse Co., 246 Ala. 297 , 20 So.2d 513 (1945); Beard v. Johnson, 87 Ala. 729 , 6 So. 383 (1888). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Alabama. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Rubisoff v. Rubisoff
green
2 sentences2010Thus, while not every occurrence of postmarital unchastity by a former spouse will bar the right to alimony, O’Dell v. O’Dell, 57 Ala.App. 185 , 326 So.2d 747 (1976); Rubisoff v. Rubisoff 242 Miss. 225 , 133 So.2d 534 (1961), a petitioner need not prove the former spouse is habitually living with another and that the couple consider themselves married. 2010Thus, while not every occurrence of postmarital unchastity by a former spouse will bar the right to alimony, O’Dell v. O’Dell, 57 Ala.App. 185 , 326 So.2d 747 (1976); Rubisoff v. Rubisoff 242 Miss. 225 , 133 So.2d 534 (1961), a petitioner need not prove the former spouse is habitually living with another and that the couple consider themselves married. | 3 | 1979–2010 |
O'Dell v. O'Dell
green
2 sentences2010Thus, while not every occurrence of postmarital unchastity by a former spouse will bar the right to alimony, O’Dell v. O’Dell, 57 Ala.App. 185 , 326 So.2d 747 (1976); Rubisoff v. Rubisoff 242 Miss. 225 , 133 So.2d 534 (1961), a petitioner need not prove the former spouse is habitually living with another and that the couple consider themselves married. 2010Thus, while not every occurrence of postmarital unchastity by a former spouse will bar the right to alimony, O’Dell v. O’Dell, 57 Ala.App. 185 , 326 So.2d 747 (1976); Rubisoff v. Rubisoff 242 Miss. 225 , 133 So.2d 534 (1961), a petitioner need not prove the former spouse is habitually living with another and that the couple consider themselves married. | 3 | 1979–2010 |
Beard v. Johnson
neutral
1 sentence1982See Greer v. Altoona Warehouse Co., 246 Ala. 297 , 20 So.2d 513 (1945); Beard v. Johnson, 87 Ala. 729 , 6 So. 383 (1888). | 1 | 1982–1982 |
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.