Feinberg v. Diamant

How courts have described this case

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

• defining “children” to include incapacitated children and noting the highly equitable nature of divorce proceedings
• reversing support order for adult disabled child entered in divorce case, but giving the probate court the opportunity to determine whether the order was reasonable in light of all the relevant factors
• divorced parent can be required to contribute to the support of a mentally retarded or physically incapacitated adult child
• parents’ obligation to support their child continues into majority for adult children who are mentally or physically incapacitated and incapable of self-support
• an action in equity may require a financially able divorced parent to contribute to a mentally infirm adult child’s support
• probate judge may order support for incompetent adult child through equity powers

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).