Richardson v. Richardson

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that settlement agreements are designed to put an end to litigation and are favored by the law
• “Settlement agreements between parties to [divorce] lawsuits are designed to put an end to litigation and are favored by the law.
• “[T]he proponent of the oral contract has the burden of proving all elements of a valid enforceable contract.”
• “Where the parties agree that a. formal executed writing is a prerequisite to a binding contract, there is a rebuttable presumption that no contract existed between them until the writing is made and signed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jennings v. Jennings
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-08-27· cited 46×
• Shoup v. Shoup
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-12-27· cited 39×
• Flanary v. Milton
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-01-11· cited 29×
• Walson v. Walson
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-12-18· cited 12×
• Spagnolo v. Spagnolo
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-08-29· cited 9×
• Appleton v. Appleton
  Portsmouth County Circuit Court· 2005-07-05· cited 6×
• Sandy v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-08· cited 5×
• Faculty for Responsible Change v. Visitors of James Madison University
  Rockingham County Circuit Court· 1995-10-05· cited 2×
• Adams v. Doughtie
  Portsmouth County Circuit Court· 2003-12-31· cited 2×
• Eung Hee Lee v. Moon Sik Park
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2007-04-04· cited 2×
• JGB Industries, Inc. v. Simon-Telelect, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 1998-05-26· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Stewart
  Portsmouth County Circuit Court· 2004-10-22· cited 1×
• Portsmouth Redevelopment & Housing Authority v. Ison
  Portsmouth County Circuit Court· 2005-01-18· cited 1×
• Chilton v. Homestead, L.C.
  Bath County Circuit Court· 2008-09-08· cited 1×
• Murayama v. NISC Holdings, L.L.C.
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2010-09-13· cited 1×
• Deane v. Morris
  Greene County Circuit Court· 1991-06-24· cited 1×
• Abujaber v. Kawar
  Loudoun County Circuit Court· 1990-01-02
• Lee Hartman & Sons, Inc. v. Adams
  Roanoke County Circuit Court· 1997-08-14
• Walker v. Walker
  Roanoke County Circuit Court· 1998-09-22
• Pallas v. Tiger Fuel Co.
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 1998-11-06

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Smith v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-12-16· cited 124×
• Tiffany v. Tiffany
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1985-08-06· cited 93×
• Montagna v. Holiday Inns, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-08-28· cited 69×
• Wells v. Weston
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-03-08· cited 55×
• Smith v. Farrell
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1957-04-26· cited 52×
• Box v. Talley
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-01-07· cited 40×
• Harris v. Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1939-01-09· cited 38×
• Valjar, Inc. v. Maritime Terminals, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-04-18· cited 34×
• Herndon v. Herndon
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1971-07-09· cited 25×
• Stamie E. Lyttle Co., Inc. v. Hanover County
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-03-07· cited 24×
• Bangor-Punta Operations, Inc. v. Atlantic Leasing, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1974-08-28· cited 18×
• Jackson v. Jackson
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1972-02-02· cited 17×
• Shaughnessy v. Shaughnessy
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1985-10-15· cited 11×
• Gunn v. Richmond Community Hospital, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-04-22· cited 5×