Smith v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that trial court does not abuse its discretion if 11 some evidence of substantive and probative character supports its decision
• concluding that community property and liabilities apportioned to a spouse, along with a spouse’s ability to meet independent needs are relevant factors in a trial court’s award of spousal maintenance
• stating that a trial court does not abuse its discretion if there is some evidence of a substantive and probative character to support the decision
• considering, as relevant factors, community properties and liabilities apportioned to spouse in divorce as well as spouse’s ability to meet his needs independently
• upholding maintenance award when parties presented conflicting evidence concerning husband’s ability to work
• upholding an award of spousal maintenance to disabled husband for nine years

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Brooks v. Brooks
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-06-26· cited 81×
• Chafino v. Chafino
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2007-06-28· cited 54×
• Sheshtawy v. Sheshtawy
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2004-10-21· cited 49×
• In Re the Marriage of McFarland
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2005-10-25· cited 34×
• Roberts v. Roberts
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-05-10· cited 33×
• Lynne Stewart v. Darrell Lynn Stewart
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2006-04-20
• Younan Nowzaradan v. Delores Nowzaradan
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-02-08
• Gary Dean Brooks v. Dana Ledon Brooks
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2008-06-05
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2005-10-25
• in the Interest of Tyler Blaine Austin, a Minor Child
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2005-04-29
• Carmen Chafino v. Ismael Chafino
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2007-06-28
• Gary B. Stafford v. Rosemary D. Stafford
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2005-11-30
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2007-05-17
• Mark Joseph Gordon v. Brenda Carol Gordon
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-11-29
• Ruben Guadalupe Galindo v. Tanya Sue Galindo
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2014-04-09
• Reyna Aracely Joya v. David Joya
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2013-11-26
• Nancy Marie Peck v. Wayne Cody Peck
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2014-12-30
• Victor Manuel Quijano v. Maria Eugenia Amaya
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2018-04-19
• Odelia Laura Caudillo v. Daniel Caudillo
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2020-04-24
• Rogelio Castro Romero v. Vickie Castro
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2021-08-03

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Robinson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-07-08· cited 1,699×
• Butnaru v. Ford Motor Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-06-27· cited 1,694×
• Anderson v. City of Seven Points
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-04-17· cited 1,370×
• Walling v. Metcalfe
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-10-06· cited 821×
• Holley v. Holley
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1993-09-30· cited 317×
• Pickens v. Pickens
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2001-07-10· cited 96×
• Lopez v. Lopez
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-08-09· cited 66×
• Reina v. General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1981-01-14· cited 65×
• Amos v. Amos
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2002-06-13· cited 57×
• Matter of Marriage of Bertram
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1998-10-16· cited 57×
• Matter of Marriage of Hale
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1998-07-31· cited 53×
• Dennis v. Smith
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1998-01-02· cited 48×
• Alexander v. Alexander
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1998-07-02· cited 30×