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Divorce And Life Insurance: Post Modern Remedies For Breach Of A Duty To Maintain A Policy For A Designated Beneficiary, Kelvin H. Dickinson
Divorce And Life Insurance: Post Modern Remedies For Breach Of A Duty To Maintain A Policy For A Designated Beneficiary, Kelvin H. Dickinson
Missouri Law Review
In the last two centuries, life insurance has attained a place of prominence in most Americans' financial and domestic affairs, and a preference in our law. This article examines the application of legal and equitable remedies after the death of an insured who was subject to a life insurance mandate but failed to comply fully with its terms. The author finds that many problems stem from the failure of the parties, their lawyers, and judges, to develop a clear understanding of the purposes to be served by each mandate, and from poorly drafted mandates whose application is unclear in marginal …
Missouri Child Support Guidelines, Jennifer Clifton Ferguson
Missouri Child Support Guidelines, Jennifer Clifton Ferguson
Missouri Law Review
The Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984' and the Family Support Act of 1988, are designed to improve the adequacy, consistency, and collectability of child support awards. These two laws require states to develop specific guidelines providing a numerical formula for the determination of child support award amounts' and require that the guidelines be presumptive. Following the federal mandate, the Missouri Supreme Court enacted child support guidelines which have been mandatory since April 1, 1990.
Separation Agreements In Missouri, Irwin E. Blond
Separation Agreements In Missouri, Irwin E. Blond
Missouri Law Review
In the calendar year of 1968 an estimated 537,000 divorces took place in the United States. In many of these divorces the respective future rights and responsibilities of the parties were fixed in a written agreement known as the "Separation Agreement." The purpose of this comment is to present the practical problems encountered in Missouri in the use of such agreements and to suggest possible solutions for them. In the absence of an agreement respecting the future responsibilities of the parties, the court's authority in such matters is limited. According to section 452.070, RSMo 1969, the court can grant a …