Cummings v. Cummings

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• it is an abuse of discretion to require husband to pay wife's attorney's fees where both parties have same ability to secure competent legal counsel
• where parties to a dissolution proceeding are equally able to pay attorneys' fees, it is an abuse of the court's discretion to require one spouse to pay the other's attorney's fees

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

79 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Canakaris v. Canakaris
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-03-27· cited 2,288×
• Rosen v. Rosen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-04-24· cited 318×
• Davis v. Dieujuste
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-10-16· cited 43×
• Peak v. Peak
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-03-24· cited 39×
• Martinez v. Martinez
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-12-19· cited 34×
• Turner v. Turner
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-04-30· cited 32×
• Lawrence v. Lawrence
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-06-11· cited 32×
• Storer v. Storer
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-11-29· cited 31×
• Mahaffey v. Mahaffey
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-08-12· cited 29×
• Parkway General Hospital, Inc. v. Stern
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-06-23· cited 28×
• Ariko v. Ariko
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-10-03· cited 26×
• Deakyne v. Deakyne
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-12-20· cited 25×
• Keaton v. Keaton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-04-06· cited 24×
• Armstrong v. Armstrong
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-09-08· cited 22×
• Thornton v. Thornton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-06-30· cited 21×
• Straley v. Frank
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-12-31· cited 19×
• Fiedler v. Fiedler
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-09-28· cited 19×
• Tydings v. Tydings
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-12-13· cited 17×
• Bullard v. Bullard
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-02-19· cited 17×
• Child v. Child
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-07-16· cited 16×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Thigpen v. Thigpen
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-05-10· cited 36×
• Gordon v. Gordon
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1966-12-06· cited 14×
• Farrow v. Farrow
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-05-19· cited 5×
• Naf v. Wahlberg
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-01-22· cited 1×

Other cases named Cummings v. Cummings

53 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Cummings v. Cummings
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1994-12-15· cited 53×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1888-04-06· cited 41×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-06-23· cited 36×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 1988-12-07· cited 35×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1991-11-27· cited 25×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  California Court of Appeal· 1968-07-03· cited 20×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1988-05-03· cited 16×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1933-11-11· cited 12×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  California Court of Appeal· 1965-08-19· cited 9×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2009-02-11· cited 9×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1839-07-15· cited 9×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1887-01-08· cited 8×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1909-03-23· cited 8×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1883-04-11· cited 8×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-10-07· cited 6×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1957-05-07· cited 6×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1954-01-20· cited 5×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-01-08· cited 5×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-12-30· cited 5×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2015-09-11· cited 4×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  New Jersey Court of Chancery· 1910-01-26· cited 4×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-04-02· cited 4×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-11-15· cited 3×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2016-09-07· cited 3×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1982-12-07· cited 3×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1880-06-24· cited 3×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1985-04-16· cited 3×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2015-09-30· cited 2×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  California Supreme Court· 1887-07-01· cited 2×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2000-11-20· cited 2×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1843-07-15· cited 2×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-03-24· cited 2×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1952-04-07· cited 2×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western North Carolina· 1899-01-17· cited 2×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1992-12-16· cited 1×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-03-10· cited 1×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1996-05-08· cited 1×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Utah Supreme Court· 1977-03-16· cited 1×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1999-12-09· cited 1×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-12-12· cited 1×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-02-18· cited 1×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1964-04-03
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2016-07-22
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1974-07-01
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1926-12-15
• Cummings v. Cummings
  California Supreme Court· 1887-03-16
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1906-03-30
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-03-20
• Cummings v. Cummings
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-10-31
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-09-28