Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Phillips
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided January 10, 1973No. Civ. 40PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Judge.
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Etowah County, Alabama, in Equity, wherein a divorce a vincula, matrimonii was entered.
The divorce was granted on the ground of incompatibility of temperament. This ground for divorce was added as a ground for divorce by our legislature in the regular session of 1971, being Act 222, amending Tit. 34, § 20, Code of Alabama 1940, and reads as follows:
“The circuit court in equity has power to divorce persons from the bonds of matrimony, upon a petition filed by one of the parties, entitled ‘In re the marriage of ___ and-’ for the causes…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Burch v. BurchCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
- Chavez v. ChavezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1935
- Hughes v. HughesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1961
- Bassett v. BassettNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1952
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Gamble v. GambleCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1974
- Clift v. CliftCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1977
- Chancellor v. ChancellorCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1974
- Self v. SelfCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1973
- Miller v. MillerCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1978
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