Copeland v. Copeland

Decided February 21, 1978. John B. McManus Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

575 P.2d 99 · Cited 51 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.

• In Re Marriage of Brown · 544 P.2d 561
• Wilder v. Wilder · 534 P.2d 1355
• LeClert v. LeClert · 453 P.2d 755
• French v. French · 17 Cal. 2d 775
• Phillipson v. Board of Administration, Public Employees' Retirement System · 473 P.2d 765
• Everson v. Everson · 537 P.2d 624
• Cearley v. Cearley · 544 S.W.2d 661
• Ramsey v. Ramsey · 535 P.2d 53
• Hughes v. Hughes · 573 P.2d 1194
• Pinkowski v. Pinkowski · 226 N.W.2d 518
• In Re Marriage of Pope · 544 P.2d 639

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