Legal Opinion
Leftwich v. Leftwich
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 5, 1982No. 80-372PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
The parties to this appeal were granted a divorce on the ground of separation for more than one year without cohabitation. The trial court denied the wife’s (appellant’s) claim for alimony, awarded her $5,000 in attorneys’ fees, and ordered a distribution of the marital property conditioned upon the wife’s signing joint federal income tax returns for two years during which she was married to her husband (ap-pellee). The wife contends that the trial court abused its discretion principally in four areas: (1) in adopting verbatim the proposed findings of fact and…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Kann v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Kann's Estate v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- Muriel Heim v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1958
- Estate of Upshaw v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- Moore v. MooreDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Taft v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Wadlow v. WadlowNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1985
- Carter v. CarterDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
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