Prather v. Prather

How courts have described this case

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

• power of court to impress a trust to secure payment of wife’s alimony and child support
• power of court to impress a trust to secure payment of wife's alimony and child support
• divorce court had power to make award of alimony payments binding on obligor's estate where statute empowered court to make award that it deemed expedient concerning the estate and maintenance of the parties
• divorce court had power to make award of alimony payments binding on obligor’s estate where statute empowered court to make award that it deemed expedient concerning the estate and maintenance of the parties

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Pajak v. Pajak
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-04-06· cited 18×
• Lewis v. Lewis
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-08-14· cited 16×
• Justis v. Rist
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1992-09-18· cited 15×
• Wharton v. Wharton
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1992-12-10· cited 7×
• Matter of Estate of Weller
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-11-04· cited 5×
• Druce v. Druce
  Utah Supreme Court· 1987-06-02· cited 2×

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re Marriage of Olsher
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-10-29· cited 87×
• Surabian v. Surabian
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-07-18· cited 58×
• Grotsky v. Grotsky
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1971-05-24· cited 49×
• In Re Estate of Hereford
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-12-19· cited 40×
• In Re Marriage of Atkinson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-03-20· cited 35×
• Abel v. Abel
  Washington Supreme Court· 1955-11-10· cited 32×
• In Re Roberts'estate
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1964-11-17· cited 26×
• Rosenthal v. Rosenthal
  California Court of Appeal· 1961-11-24· cited 26×
• Scudder v. Scudder
  Washington Supreme Court· 1960-01-14· cited 25×
• Guggenheimer v. Guggenheimer
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1955-03-11· cited 21×
• Jones v. State
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1962-10-02· cited 19×
• Kuyper v. Kuyper
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1952-11-11· cited 19×
• Estate of Kuhns v. Kuhns
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-05-21· cited 18×
• Bailey v. Bailey
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1970-06-18· cited 18×
• Bird v. Henke
  Washington Supreme Court· 1964-10-15· cited 17×
• Diment v. Diment
  Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma· 1974-10-29· cited 13×
• Stritch v. Stritch
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1965-10-05· cited 13×
• Button v. Button
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1966-08-29· cited 13×
• Bork v. Richardson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1980-03-19· cited 12×
• Kendall v. Kendall
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1976-01-24· cited 10×