Blackburn v. Blackburn

Decided June 29, 1982. George T. Smith wrote the opinion for the court.

292 S.E.2d 821 · Cited 162 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Gazaway v. Brackett · 244 S.E.2d 238
• Wright v. Hanson · 283 S.E.2d 882
• White v. Bryan · 223 S.E.2d 710
• Carvalho v. Lewis · 274 S.E.2d 471
• Shaddrix v. Womack · 203 S.E.2d 225
• Howell v. Gossett · 214 S.E.2d 882
• Durden v. Barron · 290 S.E.2d 923
• Wilbanks v. Wilbanks · 141 S.E.2d 161
• Bell v. Bell · 267 S.E.2d 894
• Godfrey v. Godfrey · 238 S.E.2d 378
• Collier v. Collier · 183 S.E.2d 769
• Henderson v. Department of Human Resources · 262 S.E.2d 241
• Eller v. Matthews · 116 S.E.2d 235
• Phelps v. Phelps · 230 Ga. 243
• Addington v. Texas · 441 U.S. 418

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• Watkins v. Watkins · 466 S.E.2d 860
• In Re JCP · 307 S.E.2d 1
• JC v. State Department of Human Resources · 986 So. 2d 1172
• In re J. C. P. · 167 Ga. App. 572
• Villenueve v. Richbourg · 457 S.E.2d 821
• Wade v. Wade · 272 Ga. 526
• In Re Je · 711 S.E.2d 5
• Brooks v. Parkerson · 265 Ga. 189
• Blackburn v. Blackburn · 308 S.E.2d 193
• In the Interest of H. L. T. · 164 Ga. App. 517
• In the Interest of J. E. · 309 Ga. App. 51
• Clarke v. Cotton · 440 S.E.2d 165
• State v. Jackson · 496 S.E.2d 912
• McCollum v. Jones · 619 S.E.2d 313
• Brooks v. Carson · 390 S.E.2d 859
• Carr v. Towns · 324 S.E.2d 489
• Brown v. State · 295 S.E.2d 727
• In re B. D. C. · 256 Ga. 511
• Heath v. McGuire · 306 S.E.2d 741
• In the Interest of B. J. H. · 390 S.E.2d 427
• In re R. L. Y. · 181 Ga. App. 14
• Miller v. Rieser · 446 S.E.2d 233
• In Re SBC · 2002 OK 83

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