Legal Opinion

Bryson v. Bryson

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided September 8, 1981No. 43616PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SNYDER, Judge.

Janet Bryson appeals from the trial court’s unfavorable summary judgment in a declaratory judgment action in which she had sought a declaration of the rights, and duties of the parties under a separation agreement entered pursuant to a decree of dissolution of marriage granted on July 24, 1975.

The trial court ruled that the parties’ spousal maintenance provision established by the separation agreement and incorporated into the dissolution decree was decre-tal, but that it was unenforceable and void because it lacked sufficient certainty, definiteness and exactness. The…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. North v. NorthSupreme Court of Missouri · 1936
  2. Osterberger v. Hites Construction Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. In Re Marriage of HaggardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  4. Block v. BlockMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. Johnson v. Mercantile Trust Company National Ass'nSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Lueckenotte v. LueckenotteSupreme Court of Missouri · 2001
  2. Payne v. PayneSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  3. Feinberg v. Adolph K. Feinberg Hotel TrustMissouri Court of Appeals · 1996
  4. Marriage of Toomey v. ToomeySupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  5. Marriage of Tzinberg v. TzinbergMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982

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