Legal Opinion
Smith v. Smith
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 9, 1973No. 7215PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal by a wife from that portion of a divorce granted her husband which held that she was forever barred from seeking alimony because of a property settlement agreement incorporated in the decree. That agreement, after negotiations respecting increased child support and alimony, was silent as to alimony and was viewed by the trial court as establishing that the parties intended to bar the wife from receiving alimony. We vacate that portion of the decree since it is nothing but an advisory opinion.
In May 1969, David and Eileen Smith voluntarily separated…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdorySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Spock v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Linus Pauling v. James O. EastlandCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Oliver v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Davis v. DavisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1970
3Cited by38 opinions
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- Davis v. DavisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- Hessey v. BurdenDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
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