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Aldrich v. Aldrich, 378 U.S. 540 (1964)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Aldrich v. Aldrich, 378 U.S. 540 (1964)
Aldrich v. Aldrich No. 55 Argued October 24, 1963 Decided November 12, 1963, that questions be certified to Supreme Court of Florida Questions certified to Supreme Court of Florida December 16, 1963 Decided June 22, 1964 378 U.S. 540
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS
OF WEST VIRGINIA
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In response to questions certified by this Court, the Florida Supreme Court advised that, although an award of alimony purporting to bind the husband’s estate was not proper under Florida law, in the absence of an express prior agreement between the spouses, the failure of the husband, now deceased, to appeal permitted the decree to become final, and it is not subject to collateral attack. Accordingly, the West Virginia courts, in probating the husband’s estate, must, under the Full Faith and Credit Clause, give the decree as broad a scope as Florida does.
147 W.Va. 269, 127 S.E.2d 385, reversed and remanded.
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