Patricia Carlene Mayfield v. Phillip Harold Mayfield

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that court’s finding that recipient spouse was underemployed is a relevant consideration in refusing to award spousal support
• describing transitional alimony as “a form of short-term ‘bridge-the-gap’ support designed to ‘smooth the transition of a spouse from married to single life.’”
• “In determining whether the trial court abused its discretion, an appellate court should presume that the trial court’s decision is correct and should review the evidence in the light most favorable to the decision.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).