Nelms v. Nelms

How courts have described this case

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• in view of pleadings and evidence showing that marriage of parties was irretrievably broken, trial judge abused his discretion in refusing to dissolve marriage and requiring that parties seek marriage counseling
• “It seems clear now that failure to contest the allegation that the marriage is irretrievably broken, or a stipulation that it is so broken, does not suffice. The chancellor must make that finding based upon the evidence adduced.”

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Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Reopelle v. Reopelle
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-09-19· cited 11×
• Stafford v. Stafford
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-03-26· cited 4×
• Oliver v. Stufflebeam
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-12-24· cited 3×
• Groeger v. Groeger
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-02-06

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ryan v. Ryan
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-03-30· cited 69×
• Riley v. Riley
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-10-30· cited 16×
• Carrigan v. Carrigan
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-10-12· cited 1×