Mississippi Supreme Court· 12/21/1994
Johnson v. Johnson
Citations
- 650 So. 2d 1281
- 1994 WL 707269
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- holding that alimony should be considered if an equitable property division leaves a deficit for one party
- holding timber-sale proceeds, generated by wife's separate estate, though commingled in the family account, \reacquired\ their nonmarital status when the funds were transferred back to the wife
- remanding for reexamination of the entire case is necessary when this Court cannot determine whether the chancellor abused his discretion given the lack of information in the record
- remanding since the chancellor had not designated the property as either marital or non-marital
- nonmari-tal assets may lose such status if the asset is commingled with marital property or used for familial benefit
- Court found that, by allowing nonmarital-inherited funds to be used to benefit the entire family, spouse converted those nonmarital assets into marital assets; thus, those assets were subject to equitable distribution
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Judges: Prather, P.J., and Sullivan and James L. Roberts, Jr
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285 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Sanderson v. SandersonMississippi Supreme Court· 2002-08-22· cited 182×
- Hensarling v. HensarlingMississippi Supreme Court· 2002-06-20· cited 154×
- Lowrey v. LowreyMississippi Supreme Court· 2009-11-05· cited 145×
- Lauro v. LauroMississippi Supreme Court· 2003-06-05· cited 116×
- Heigle v. HeigleMississippi Supreme Court· 2000-11-02· cited 111×
- Kilpatrick v. KilpatrickMississippi Supreme Court· 1999-01-14· cited 102×
- Magee v. MageeMississippi Supreme Court· 1995-09-28· cited 101×
- Mabus v. MabusMississippi Supreme Court· 2003-02-13· cited 79×
- Dunaway v. DunawayCourt of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-07-27· cited 78×
- Henderson v. HendersonMississippi Supreme Court· 2000-04-13· cited 71×
- A & L, INC. v. GranthamMississippi Supreme Court· 1999-10-14· cited 70×
- Owen v. OwenMississippi Supreme Court· 2001-03-01· cited 69×
- Pearson v. PearsonMississippi Supreme Court· 2000-06-01· cited 68×
- Bowen v. BowenMississippi Supreme Court· 2008-05-22· cited 64×
- Boutwell v. BoutwellMississippi Supreme Court· 2002-07-18· cited 63×
- Wright v. StanleyMississippi Supreme Court· 1997-06-19· cited 62×
- Heigle v. HeigleMississippi Supreme Court· 1995-04-20· cited 59×
- Fisher v. FisherMississippi Supreme Court· 2000-11-16· cited 54×
- Andrews v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Mississippi· 1998-11-24· cited 52×
- Voda v. VodaMississippi Supreme Court· 1999-01-21· cited 52×
Cites
17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Ferguson v. FergusonMississippi Supreme Court· 1994-07-07· cited 745×
- Hemsley v. HemsleyMississippi Supreme Court· 1994-07-07· cited 413×
- McKee v. McKeeMississippi Supreme Court· 1982-07-28· cited 352×
- Tilley v. TilleyMississippi Supreme Court· 1992-12-10· cited 142×
- McEachern v. McEachernMississippi Supreme Court· 1992-08-12· cited 88×
- Jones v. JonesMississippi Supreme Court· 1988-10-05· cited 82×
- McEwen v. McEwenMississippi Supreme Court· 1994-02-10· cited 74×
- Draper v. DraperMississippi Supreme Court· 1993-09-16· cited 71×
- Gillespie v. GillespieMississippi Supreme Court· 1992-02-12· cited 63×
- Rainey v. RaineyMississippi Supreme Court· 1967-12-20· cited 62×
- Smith v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court· 1992-09-17· cited 54×
- Hussey v. HusseyCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1984-01-23· cited 44×
- Wagner v. WagnerCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-07-07· cited 43×
- Bland v. BlandMississippi Supreme Court· 1993-12-09· cited 25×
- Dubois v. DuboisMississippi Supreme Court· 1973-03-19· cited 22×
- Nelson v. NelsonCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1992-11-20· cited 8×
- Pratt v. PrattMississippi Supreme Court· 1993-08-12· cited 4×
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