Hale v. Hale

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that Mr. and Mrs. Hale went together to the office of an attorney, who represented them in prior legal matters, to draft the terms of their separation agreement
• trial court’s finding that husband knew wife trusted him and used the trust to exact agreement from her supported striking agreement
• “Whether a confidential relationship exists between husband and wife [is] a question of fact,” dependent on a number of factors.
• an unconscionability analysis requires assessment of the assets passing to the parties under a separation agreement
• terms of separation agreement substantively unconscionable where they left wife with only four percent of couple’s net worth

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Derby v. Derby
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-03-07· cited 94×
• Young v. Anne Arundel County
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2002-09-11· cited 29×
• Cannon v. Cannon
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-01-12· cited 27×
• Siu Leung Shum v. Gaudreau
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-08-31· cited 26×
• Coviello v. Coviello
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1992-05-01· cited 15×
• Tedesco v. Tedesco
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-10-30· cited 14×
• Hartlove v. Maryland School for Blind
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-08-30· cited 12×
• Keys v. Keys
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1992-10-28· cited 12×
• Cannon v. Cannon
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2004-04-15· cited 10×
• Barbara Harrison Pyles v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for Wells Fargo Asset Securities Corp.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2017-11-09· cited 10×
• In Re Adoption/Guardianship No. 3598
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-07-03· cited 9×
• Shih Ping Li v. Tzu Lee
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-03-04· cited 9×
• Painter v. Painter
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1997-02-03· cited 7×
• Shih Ping Li v. Tzu Lee
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2014-02-21· cited 7×
• Deyesu v. Donhauser
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2004-04-02· cited 4×
• Lloyd v. Niceta
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2023-08-30· cited 4×
• Simon v. Smith
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2022-04-21
• Lloyd v. Niceta
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2022-10-26

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cofflin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1962-12-06· cited 32×
• Eckstein v. Eckstein
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1978-01-12· cited 30×
• Bell v. Bell
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1977-11-10· cited 28×
• Blum v. Blum
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1984-07-12· cited 28×
• Williams v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-05-22· cited 15×
• Faller v. Faller
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1967-10-13· cited 12×
• McClellan v. McClellan
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1982-10-07· cited 9×
• Hale v. Hale
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1986-01-20· cited 8×