Miller v. Miller

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that workers’ compensation disability benefits received by disabled spouse are marital property only to the extent that they compensate for loss of earnings during the marriage
• stating that rehabilitative alimony “is appropriate only when it is directly related to developing a source of income” and therefore “should not be awarded to a spouse who refuses to use it for its intended purpose”
• stating that rehabilitative alimony \is appropriate only when it is directly related to developing a source of income\ and therefore \should not be awarded to a spouse who refuses to use it for its intended purpose\
• rejecting alimony award absent specific findings as to whether wife intended to use alimony for job training
• rejecting alimony award absent specific findings as to whether wife intended to use alimony for job training
• remanding for such a finding, and allowing an award “[o]nly if the court finds that she does intend to prepare to re-enter the work force”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Moffitt v. Moffitt
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1988-01-15· cited 86×
• Mistler v. Mistler
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1991-08-29· cited 83×
• Hartland v. Hartland
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1989-07-07· cited 73×
• Richmond v. Richmond
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1989-09-15· cited 60×
• Bandow v. Bandow
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1990-06-29· cited 49×
• Drake v. Drake
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-02-25· cited 48×
• Dixon v. Dixon
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1987-12-24· cited 47×
• Crocker v. Crocker
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1991-12-10· cited 38×
• Morris v. Morris
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1995-12-15· cited 31×
• Johns v. Johns
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1997-09-26· cited 29×
• Kirk v. Kirk
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1990-07-05· cited 29×
• Pauley v. Pauley
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1989-05-23· cited 25×
• Hermosillo v. Hermosillo
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1990-09-07· cited 24×
• Davila v. Davila
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1994-07-01· cited 23×
• In Re the Marriage of Smith
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1991-08-29· cited 19×
• Ulsher v. Ulsher
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1994-02-11· cited 17×
• Rice v. Rice
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1988-07-01· cited 17×
• Brown v. Brown
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1996-03-29· cited 14×
• Forshee v. Forshee
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2006-09-08· cited 14×
• Brown v. Brown
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1997-10-31· cited 13×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Merrill v. Merrill
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1962-02-06· cited 197×
• Wanberg v. Wanberg
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1983-05-13· cited 139×
• Schanck v. Schanck
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 56×
• Bussell v. Bussell
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-02-20· cited 53×
• Carlson v. Carlson
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1986-07-18· cited 50×
• Burgess v. Burgess
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1985-12-06· cited 44×
• Cook v. Cook
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1981-10-07· cited 29×
• Rickman v. Rickman
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1980-01-15· cited 15×