Keller v. O'Brien

How courts have described this case

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

• award of alimony is improper absent finding of financial need on part of recipient spouse
• \This court has affirmed the termination of alimony payments on the recipient spouse's remarriage where the parties included automatic termination provisions in an agreement found to survive the divorce judgment\
• “The mere fact that, without alimony, the defendant would not be able to live with her second husband in the way in which she lived prior to her marriage to him is not a valid reason to continue alimony”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Pierce v. Pierce
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-11-09· cited 86×
• Heins v. Ledis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-04-18· cited 64×
• Keller v. O'Brien
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-08-21· cited 46×
• Bernier v. Bernier
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-09-14· cited 25×
• Champion v. Champion
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-03-19· cited 22×
• Ruml v. Ruml
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-11-21· cited 20×
• Taylor v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2003-01-07· cited 19×
• Cox v. Cox
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-12-31· cited 17×
• Heron v. Heron
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-12-21· cited 11×
• Wooters v. Wooters
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-04-03· cited 9×
• Broome v. Broome
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-09-22· cited 5×
• Becker v. Phelps
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-08-22· cited 2×
• Mathis v. Mathis
  Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma· 2004-03-17
• Wolff v. Wolff
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-08-08

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Canakaris v. Canakaris
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-03-27· cited 2,288×
• In Re the Dissolution of the Marriage of Grove
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1977-11-08· cited 223×
• In Re the Dissolution of the Marriage of Grove
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1977-12-28· cited 150×
• Schuler v. Schuler
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-27· cited 90×
• In Re the Marriage of Lalone
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-05-15· cited 67×
• Viglione v. Viglione
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1976-06-15· cited 62×
• Gottsegen v. Gottsegen
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-05-22· cited 58×
• Surabian v. Surabian
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-07-18· cited 58×
• French v. McAnarney
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1935-05-01· cited 49×
• Bushnell v. Bushnell
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-12-11· cited 45×
• In Re the Marriage of Shima
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-01-16· cited 45×
• Peters v. Peters
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1974-01-16· cited 42×
• Robbins v. Robbins
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-11-29· cited 38×
• Steffens v. Peterson
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1993-07-07· cited 37×
• Herzmark v. Herzmark
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1967-05-13· cited 35×
• Bush v. Bush
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-05-16· cited 30×
• Mitchell v. Mitchell
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1980-09-03· cited 27×
• Voyles v. Voyles
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1982-05-14· cited 25×
• Marquardt v. Marquardt by Rempfer
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1986-11-26· cited 24×
• Dunaway v. Dunaway
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-08-29· cited 22×