Legal Opinion

Solis v. Tea

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided October 27, 1983PublishedCited by 101 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HORSEY, Justice:

The central issue in this domestic relations case is whether an obligation under a separation agreement to provide a private secondary education may be reformed upon a showing of change of financial circumstances adversely affecting the best interest of parent and child.

In this post-divorce proceeding, husband appeals from an Order of Family Court substantially granting wife’s petition for specific performance of husband’s private school obligation made incident to the couple’s divorce but not incorporated in the decree. Husband’s primary contention is that Family Court…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Wife (J. F. v. v. Husband (O. W. v. Jr.)Supreme Court of Delaware · 1979
  2. Knox v. RemickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  3. Hardisty v. HardistySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
  4. Jensen v. JensenMontana Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Stancill v. StancillCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980

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3Cited by101 opinions

  1. Powell v. Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their FamiliesSupreme Court of Delaware · 2008
  2. State v. LewisSupreme Court of Delaware · 2002
  3. Mundy v. DevonSupreme Court of Delaware · 2006
  4. Wilson v. Division of Family ServicesSupreme Court of Delaware · 2010
  5. Jones v. LangSupreme Court of Delaware · 1991

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