Williams v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a separation agreement was unconscionable when it imposed upon husband a monthly support obligation that was impossible for him to perform and that was not negotiated by the parties
• observing that circuit court made no factual findings as to a confidential relationship between the husband and wife before entering into a separation and property settlement agreement
• affirming trial court’s decision setting aside a separation agreement upon a finding that it was unconscionable because it “was so oppressive on the husband that it shocked the conscience of the [trial] court”
• separation agreement procedurally unconscionable where husband unrepresented and terms of the agreement were never discussed
• judicial power exists to void a separation agreement containing unjust and unfair terms, where con sideration is grossly inadequate and burdens on one spouse are oppressive
• terms of separation agreement so inequitable that they should not be enforced where they “call[ed] for all the assets of any consequence to go to the wife” and “the obligations of supporting those assets to continue to be that of the husband”

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Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Derby v. Derby
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-03-07· cited 94×
• Martin v. Farber
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1986-07-03· cited 40×
• Cannon v. Cannon
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-01-12· cited 27×
• Stone v. Stone (In Re Stone)
  D. Maryland· 1987-11-09· cited 25×
• Hale v. Hale
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1988-04-06· cited 23×
• Karmand v. Karmand
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2002-07-02· cited 18×
• Faulkner v. American Casualty Co. of Reading
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1991-01-22· cited 17×
• Shih Ping Li v. Tzu Lee
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-03-04· cited 9×
• Tydings & Rosenberg, LLP v. Zorzit
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-10-25· cited 2×
• McGeehan v. McGeehan
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2017-08-10· cited 2×
• Simon v. Smith
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2022-04-21
• Mezu v. Mezu
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-10-29

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Eckstein v. Eckstein
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1978-01-12· cited 30×
• Bell v. Bell
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1977-11-10· cited 28×
• Blum v. Blum
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1984-07-12· cited 28×
• Spector v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-01-22· cited 27×
• Cronin v. Hebditch
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1950-06-15· cited 24×
• Grossman v. Grossman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-03-11· cited 24×
• Great United Realty Co. v. Lewis
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-10-30· cited 17×
• Jackson v. Jackson
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1972-02-02· cited 17×
• Straus v. Madden
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1959-04-16· cited 9×
• McClellan v. McClellan
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1982-10-07· cited 9×
• Frana v. Frana
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1971-06-11· cited 8×
• Brown v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1967-12-05· cited 8×
• Eaton v. Eaton
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1976-12-07· cited 7×
• Eigenbrode v. Eigenbrode
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1977-06-15· cited 7×
• Dreyer v. Dreyer
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1980-10-13· cited 2×