McCarty v. McCarty

How courts have described this case

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

• reasoning that alimony recipient “should not have to pay the cost of defending her entitlement to alimony . . .”
• “To be material, the change of circumstances must be shown to have been unforeseeable at the time the decree was entered.”
• rehabilitative alimony statute does not apply retroactively to alimony awards made prior to its passage
• rehabilitative alimony statute does not apply retroactively to alimony awards made prior to its passage

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Bogan v. Bogan
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-11-08· cited 819×
• Fell v. Rambo
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-05-05· cited 85×
• Sannella v. Sannella
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-01-27· cited 59×
• Bryan v. Leach
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-06-05· cited 49×
• Young v. Young
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1997-08-13· cited 39×
• Freeman v. Freeman
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2003-09-16· cited 37×
• Wiser v. Wiser
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2010-08-11· cited 37×
• Wright v. Quillen
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-01-04· cited 30×
• State Ex Rel. Wrzesniewski v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-12-07· cited 18×
• David Melvin York, et ux v. Vulcan Materials CO. v. Transcontinental Insurance Company
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-07-20· cited 13×
• Mark Thomas Church v. Charles Blalock & Sons, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2015-10-09· cited 2×
• Sandra K. Williams v. Ronnie Lloyd Williams
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-03-02
• Ronnie Gale Gill v. Nancy Jane Gill
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-03-24
• Regina D. Wiser v. Cyrus W. Wiser, Jr.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2010-06-25
• Christopher Eugene Rickman v. Tracy Anna Rickman
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2009-05-13
• Cathy Lakeland Allen v. John Fox Allen, Jr.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2008-12-10
• Joel T. Shuman v. Sharon Louise Alder Shuman
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2006-01-30
• Cathy Lee Barnes Williams v. Rodney Lee Williams
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-08-25
• J & M, Inc. v. Clarence D. Cupples and Crete Carrier Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-05-20
• William Rosenberg Richards v. Joy Wood Richards
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-02-17

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lancaster v. Lancaster
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1984-04-17· cited 139×
• Threadgill v. Threadgill
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1987-07-16· cited 93×
• Jones v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1989-10-11· cited 83×
• Dodd v. Dodd
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1987-06-05· cited 59×
• Seal v. Seal
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1990-08-29· cited 55×
• Luna v. Luna
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1986-08-13· cited 30×
• Campanali v. Campanali
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1985-05-08· cited 26×
• Norvell v. Norvell
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1990-12-10· cited 22×
• Hays v. Hays
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1986-02-21· cited 13×
• Franklin v. Franklin
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1987-12-04· cited 13×