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· 12/2/1991

Polite v. United States

Citations

  • 24 Cl. Ct. 508
  • 1991 U.S. Claims LEXIS 561
  • 1991 WL 255848

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that, although obligor’s unemployment may have been anticipated at the time of dissolution, it should not have been considered in fixing the amount of spousal support because it was speculative
  • motion filed six weeks after trial, based on job loss that occurred two weeks after trial
  • evi- dence that the husband expected to lose his job shortly after trial “ought not have been considered in fixing his support obligations,” as his job loss remained “speculative”

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Judges: Margolis

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