Canakaris v. Canakaris

Decided March 27, 1980. Ben F. Overton wrote the opinion for the court.

382 So. 2d 1197 · Cited 2,288 times

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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.

• Yandell v. Yandell · 39 So. 2d 554
• Brown v. Brown · 300 So. 2d 719
• Canakaris v. Canakaris · 356 So. 2d 858
• Duncan v. Duncan · 379 So. 2d 949
• Ball v. Ball · 335 So. 2d 5
• Cummings v. Cummings · 330 So. 2d 134
• Cann v. Cann · 334 So. 2d 325
• Chastain v. Chastain · 73 So. 2d 66
• Mertz v. Mertz · 287 So. 2d 691
• Calligarich v. Calligarich · 256 So. 2d 60
• Eakin v. Eakin · 99 So. 2d 854
• McDonald v. McDonald · 368 So. 2d 1283
• In Re Estate of Freeland · 182 So. 2d 425
• Patterson v. Patterson · 315 So. 2d 104
• First National Bank of St. Petersburg v. Ford · 283 So. 2d 342

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