Legal Opinion
Scott v. Scott
Utah Supreme Court
Decided September 21, 2017No. Case No. 20160299PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice Pearce, opinion of the Court:
INTRODUCTION
¶ 1 Jillian Scott petitions this court to overturn the Utah Court of Appeals' order affirming the district court's conclusion that she cohabited with her now ex-boyfriend and, therefore, her alimony payments terminated under Utah Code section 30-3-5(10). This requires us to revisit a question that captured the nation's attention in 1999 because the meaning of section 30-3-5(10)"depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is." We conclude that the legislature intended that is should mean is and not was or has been . We reverse.
BACKGROUND
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2Cases cited23 opinions
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- United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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- Sherley v. SebeliusCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
- Carr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
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