Gonsewski v. Gonsewski

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that appellate courts “are not inclined to second- guess the trial court’s decision” absent an abuse of discretion
• holding that “appellate court should . . . review the evidence in the light most favorable to the [discretionary] decision”
• noting that a court abuses its discretion by reaching illogical decision or resolving issue on erroneous assessment of evidence
• stating that a typical purpose of an award of alimony in solido is to adjust the distribution of the parties’ marital property.
• explaining that transitional alimony is a form of short- term support used to facilitate the transition from married to single life
• stating that alimony in solido award is appropriate where recipient spouse would have to deplete his or her resources to pay fees and payor spouse has ability to pay fees

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).