Thompson v. Thompson

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that personal goodwill represents a person’s probable future earning capacity and should not be in the value of a professional practice for purposes of equitable distribution
• adopting this approach as “the exclusive method of measuring the goodwill of a professional association”
• explaining “ ‘[a]ny value which attaches to the entity solely as a result of personal goodwill represents nothing more than probable future earning capacity, which ... is not a proper consideration in dividing marital property3 ”
• goodwill should be a factor in valuing law or medical practice as a marital asset if goodwill was accumulated during marriage
• “The determination of the existence and value of goodwill is a question of fact and should be made on a case-by-case basis with the assistance of expert testimony.”
• “The determination of the existence and value of goodwill is a question of fact and should be made on a case-by-case basis with the assistance of expert testimony.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Amjad Munim, M.D., P.A. v. Azar
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-08-24· cited 48×
• May v. May
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2003-12-04· cited 47×
• Skrabak v. Skrabak
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-03-28· cited 23×
• Prom v. Prom
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-11-04· cited 20×
• Laboratory Corp. v. PROFESSIONAL RECOVERY
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-04-12· cited 19×
• Mace v. Mace
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-05-30· cited 18×
• McDiarmid v. McDiarmid
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1994-10-24· cited 15×
• Young v. Young
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-05-08· cited 13×
• Ghen v. Ghen
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-02-27· cited 13×
• Connor v. SOUTHWEST FLA. REGIONAL MED. CTR.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-12-21· cited 10×
• Roberts v. Roberts
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-02-26· cited 10×
• Steinberg v. Steinberg
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-01-13· cited 8×
• Walton v. Walton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-06-28· cited 7×
• Nelson v. Nelson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-10-01· cited 6×
• Weinstock v. Weinstock
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-03-31· cited 6×
• Bair v. Bair
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-03-22· cited 6×
• Schmidt v. Schmidt
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-07-10· cited 6×
• M.A. Hajianpour, M.D., P.A. v. Khosrow Maleki, P.A.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-05-31· cited 6×
• Hough v. Hough
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-07-09· cited 5×
• Makowski v. Makowski
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-03-23· cited 4×

Cites

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

• Canakaris v. Canakaris
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-03-27· cited 2,288×
• In Re Marriage of Nichols
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1980-03-03· cited 364×
• Stern v. Stern
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1975-01-23· cited 146×
• Holbrook v. Holbrook
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1981-06-04· cited 131×
• In Re the Marriage of Hall
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-12-13· cited 121×
• Dugan v. Dugan
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1983-02-28· cited 114×
• Taylor v. Taylor
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1986-05-16· cited 101×
• Nail v. Nail
  Texas Supreme Court· 1972-11-08· cited 101×
• Hanson v. Hanson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1987-10-13· cited 76×
• Wilson v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1987-12-21· cited 75×
• Brinkerhoff v. Forsyth
  Utah Supreme Court· 1989-09-07· cited 73×
• In Re Marriage of Foster
  California Court of Appeal· 1974-10-22· cited 70×
• Hertz v. Hertz
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1983-01-11· cited 68×
• Powell v. Powell
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1982-06-11· cited 65×
• In Re Marriage of Lukens
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1976-12-06· cited 65×
• Prahinski v. Prahinski
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1988-09-02· cited 40×
• Geesbreght v. Geesbreght
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1978-07-13· cited 38×
• Smith v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1985-09-11· cited 38×
• Sorensen v. Sorensen
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1989-02-10· cited 23×
• Antolik v. Harvey
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1988-08-22· cited 20×