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Pickens v. Pickens

Citations

  • 62 S.W.3d 212
  • 2001 Tex. App. LEXIS 4582
  • 2001 WL 767557

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that, under abuse-of-discretion standard, evidentiary sufficiency is relevant factor in determining whether trial court has abused its discretion
  • concluding wife’s lay testimony was some probative evidence supporting trial court’s finding of her incapacitating physical disability
  • contrasting provisions in Family Code concerning maintenance with state statutory provisions relating to workers’ compensation benefits and federal statutory provisions relating to social security benefits, both of which expressly require medical evidence
  • contrasting provisions in Family Code concerning maintenance with state statutory provisions relating to workers’ compensation benefits and federal statutory provisions relating to social security disability benefits, both of which expressly require medical evidence
  • no medical evidence of disability required in case decided under former workers' compensation statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: James, Fitzgerald, Dodson

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Cites

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