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Osborn v. Osborn

Citations

  • 519 A.2d 1161
  • 147 Vt. 432
  • 1986 Vt. LEXIS 439

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that Rule 59(e) motion allows trial court to revise initial judgment if necessary to relieve party of unjust operation of record resulting from mistake of court
  • explaining that Rule 59(e) motion allows trial court to revise initial judgment if necessary to relieve party of unjust operation of record resulting from mistake of court
  • requiring the trial court to consider husband’s undistributed share of his mother’s estate in formulating appropriate property settlement, as “[ujnder 15 V.S.A. § 751 the trial court was required to settle the rights of the parties to all of their property”
  • a motion under V.R.C.P. 59(e),-which codifies trial court’s inherent power to modify a judgment, suspends the finality of the judgment
  • Rule 59(e) motion suspends finality of judgment, allowing trial court to revise initial judgment if necessary
  • Rule 59(e) motion to amend gives court occasion to relieve party of unjust operation of the record resulting from court’s mistake or inadvertence, but not from party’s own fault or neglect

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Allen, Hill, Peck, Gibson, Hayes

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