Supreme Court of Vermont· 8/10/1990
Johnson v. Johnson
Citations
- 580 A.2d 503
- 155 Vt. 36
- 1990 Vt. LEXIS 131
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- recognizing difficulty of predicting when spouse would be self-supporting and noting that disadvantaged party can seek modification if maintenance period proves too short or too long
- affirming $1500 award for sixteen year marriage where wife could earn $17,000 annually
- affirming $1500 award for sixteen year marriage where wife could earn $17,000 annually
- party appealing maintenance decision must show that there is no reasonable basis to support it
- party appealing maintenance decision must show that there is no reasonable basis to support it
- if period for alimony payments “proves too short or too long, the disadvantaged party can seek modification”
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Judges: Allen, Peck, Gibson, Dooley, Morse
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19 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Cabot v. CabotSupreme Court of Vermont· 1997-05-23· cited 125×
- Begins v. BeginsSupreme Court of Vermont· 1998-09-11· cited 61×
- Semprebon v. SemprebonSupreme Court of Vermont· 1991-07-19· cited 33×
- Wood v. WoodWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1993-12-10· cited 27×
- Golden v. Cooper-EllisSupreme Court of Vermont· 2007-03-02· cited 25×
- Renaud v. RenaudSupreme Court of Vermont· 1998-09-11· cited 25×
- Strauss v. StraussSupreme Court of Vermont· 1993-06-11· cited 23×
- Kohut v. KohutSupreme Court of Vermont· 1995-07-21· cited 23×
- Taylor v. TaylorSupreme Court of Vermont· 2003-01-07· cited 19×
- Justis v. RistSupreme Court of Vermont· 1992-09-18· cited 15×
- Slade v. SladeSupreme Court of Vermont· 2005-03-23· cited 12×
- Damone v. DamoneSupreme Court of Vermont· 2001-09-14· cited 10×
- Sochin v. SochinSupreme Court of Vermont· 2004-08-25· cited 8×
- Gulian v. GulianSupreme Court of Vermont· 2001-11-09· cited 7×
- Barrup v. BarrupSupreme Court of Vermont· 2014-11-07· cited 6×
- Tracey v. GaboriaultSupreme Court of Vermont· 1997-02-21· cited 5×
- Miller v. MillerSupreme Court of Vermont· 2005-11-04· cited 5×
- Camisa v. CamisaSupreme Court of Vermont· 1998-05-08· cited 3×
- Kathleen Zink v. Bryan ZinkSupreme Court of Vermont· 2016-04-22· cited 3×
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