Legal Opinion
Benvenuto v. Benvenuto
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 30, 1978No. 12318, 12390PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge.
This case presents two issues: whether the trial court, in the process of granting a divorce to the parties, abused its discretion (1) in awarding the jointly-titled marital home entirely to the husband, and (2) in ordering the husband to pay $650 per month as child support, allegedly without considering adequately the needs of the child, the husband’s capacity to pay, and the wife’s ability to contribute to the child’s expenses. We affirm the determinations of the trial court.
The contested property was located at 3301 Garfield Street, N.W., and had been acquired by the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Hamilton Ex Rel. Hamilton v. HamiltonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
- Mumma v. MummaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Randall E. Sebold, Sr. v. Irene H. SeboldCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Schneider v. SchneiderCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
- Jezo v. JezoWisconsin Supreme Court · 1964
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Hackes v. HackesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Leftwich v. LeftwichDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Mims v. MimsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Cooper v. CooperDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
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