Legal Opinion
Hickland v. Hickland
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 24, 1976PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuchsberg, J.
This appeal presents questions relating to the fixing of alimony where a divorcing wife and husband each have separate means of producing current income and the husband has chosen not to exercise those available to him.
Special Term awarded the appellant wife alimony of $50 per week and exclusive possession of a house and the farmland on which it is located. The Appellate Division struck the alimony award and gave the respondent husband the right to enter the land in order to farm it, although continuing in the wife possession of the house itself. The wife now seeks reinstatement of the awards…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- De Brauwere v. . De BrauwereNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Kay v. KayNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Kover v. KoverNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
- Brandt v. BrandtNew York Supreme Court · 1962
- Orenstein v. OrensteinNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
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3Cited by112 opinions
- Schuler v. SchulerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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- Petek v. PetekAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Hickland v. HicklandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- Van Ess v. Van EssAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
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