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Seal v. Seal

Citations

  • 802 S.W.2d 617
  • 1990 Tenn. App. LEXIS 610

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that wife was entitled to attorney’s fees incurred in defending her entitlement to alimony
  • recognizing that stocks or bonds received in the division of marital property might produce income, and absent the husband establishing that the income was “unanticipated or unforeseen,” the resulting income should not be a material change in circumstances
  • indicating that modification in alimony must be supported by evidence of material change in circumstances not contemplated at time of prior decree
  • “Changes in circumstances are not material if such changes were contemplated by the parties at the time they entered into the alimony and support agreement.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Tomlin, Western, Crawford, Highers

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