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Taxation - Income Tax - Taxability Of Income Of Alimony Trust To Husband-Settlor-Rule Of Douglas V. Willcuts, Benjamin W. Franklin

Michigan Law Review

Three recent decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Helvering v. Fitch, Helvering v. Leonard, and Helvering v. Fuller, all involving an application of the rule of Douglas v. Willcuts, raise the question of what that rule means in its practical application. Stated briefly, that rule is that the income from a so-called alimony trust is taxable to the husband-settlor whenever it discharges a continuing obligation for him.

Torts - Joint Tortfeasors - Husband And Wife - Torts Between Spouses - Immunity Of Third Persons, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff sued defendants, including plaintiff's husband, for jointly causing a false charge of adultery to be made against plaintiff in a divorce suit. The defendants' demurrer to the complaint was sustained in the trial court as to each and all of the defendants. Held, that although plaintiff's husband was immune from liability, a cause of action had been made out against all the rest of the defendants, and the judgment in their favor was reversed. Ewald v. Lane, (App. D. C. 1939) 104 F. (2d) 222.

Divorce--Allowance Of Alimony To The Wife When The Divorce Is Granted Because Of The Wife's Fault, Ramon A. Woodall Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Conflict Of Laws--Jurisdiction For Divorce--Extra-Territorial Validity Of Ex Parte Divorces, Elwood Rosenbaum

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Conflict Of Laws And Jurisdiction For Divorce--Separation Of The Marital Status, Nathan Elliott Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Conflict Of Laws: What Is The Basis Of Jurisdiction To Determine Which Parent Shall Have The Custody Of Minor Children Following Divorce?, W. L. Matthews Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Title V. Of Separation From Bed And Board And Of Divorce (Art. 138 - 161), Louisiana

Book I

• Chap. 1. Of the Causes of Separation from Bed and Board and of Divorce (Art. 138 - 139)
• Chap. 2. Of the Proceedings of Separation from Bed and Board (Art. 140 - 145)
• Chap. 3. Of the Provisional Proceedings to Which a Suit for Separation or Divorce May Give Occasion (Art. 146 - 151)
• Chap. 4. Of Objections to the Action of Separation from Bed and Board and of Divorce (Art. 152 - 154)
• Chap. 5. Of the Effects of Separation from Bed and Board and of Divorce (Art. 155 - 161)

Title Iv. Of Husband And Wife (Art. 86 - 137), Louisiana

Book I

• Chap. 1. On Marriage (Art. 86 - 89)
• Chap. 2. How Marriages May Be Contracted or Made (Art. 90 - 97)
• Chap. 3. Of the Celebration of Marriages (Art. 98 - 109)
• Chap. 4. Of the Nullity of Marriages (Art. 110 - 118)
• Chap. 5. Of the Respective Rights and Duties of Married Persons (Art. 119 - 135)
• Chap. 6. Of the Dissolution of Marriage (Art. 136)
• Chap. 7. Of Second Marriage (Art. 137)

Is Mental Cruelty A Ground For Partial Divorce? - Poole V. Poole

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

Recognition Of Foreign Divorce Decrees In New York-Krause V. Krause, Frederick L. Kane

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.