Lawrence v. Lawrence

How courts have described this case

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

• \The purpose of an award of attorney's fees is to insure that both parties will reasonably have the same ability to secure competent legal counsel.\
• “We find that the trial court’s order was not sufficiently explicit and precise with reference to the time for payment of arrearages to support a conclusion that appellant willfully or wantonly violated that order.”
• “One may not be held in contempt of court for violation of an order or a provision of a judgment which is not clear and definite so as to make the party aware of its command and direction.”
• “One may not be held in contempt of court for violation of an order or a provision of a judgment which is not clear and definite so as to make the party aware of its command and direction.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Blaydes v. Blaydes
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-06-29· cited 36×
• Keitel v. Keitel
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-09-02· cited 32×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-04-18· cited 14×
• Ross Dress for Less Virginia, Inc. v. Castro
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-03-05· cited 13×
• Carnival Corp. v. Beverly
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-09-16· cited 12×
• American Pioneer Cas. Ins. Co. v. Henrion
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-04-20· cited 9×
• Thomas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-02-09· cited 9×
• Merrill Lynch Trust Co. v. Alzheimer's Lifeliners Ass'n, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-12-27· cited 9×
• Menke v. Wendell
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-11-06· cited 9×
• Hunnefeld v. Futch
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-03-07· cited 8×
• Marcus v. Marcus
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-05-18· cited 8×
• Cooley v. Moody
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-07-16· cited 7×
• Barnes v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-11-13· cited 7×
• CHAD GODWIN v. STEPHANIE GODWIN n/k/a STEPHANIE ANN FESTA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-05-15· cited 6×
• Creel v. Creel
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-09-11· cited 5×
• Miranda v. Miranda
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-08-08· cited 5×
• Rudolph v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-11-13· cited 4×
• Cancino v. Cancino
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-02-13· cited 4×
• Power Line Components v. Mil-Spec
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-08-12· cited 3×
• Escribano v. Coviello
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-09-10· cited 3×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cummings v. Cummings
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-03-31· cited 83×
• Kranis v. Kranis
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-05-20· cited 30×
• Hettinger v. McMahon
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1964-06-03· cited 14×
• Scattergood v. Scattergood
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-10-25· cited 9×