State Supreme Court / Cal.

In Re Marriage of Brown

Decided January 16, 1976. Mathew Tobriner wrote the opinion for the court.

544 P.2d 561 · Cited 507 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.

French v. French · 17 Cal. 2d 775
Phillipson v. Board of Administration, Public Employees' Retirement System · 473 P.2d 765
Kern v. City of Long Beach · 29 Cal. 2d 848
In Re Marriage of Wilson · 519 P.2d 165
In Re Marriage of Fithian · 517 P.2d 449
Smith v. Lewis · 530 P.2d 589
In Re Marriage of Jones · 531 P.2d 420
Martin v. Martin · 50 Cal. App. 3d 581
In Re Marriage of Ward · 50 Cal. App. 3d 150
Waite v. Waite · 492 P.2d 13
Williamson v. Williamson · 203 Cal. App. 2d 8
Strumsky v. San Diego County Employees Retirement Assn. · 520 P.2d 29
Neel v. Magana, Olney, Levy, Cathcart & Gelfand · 491 P.2d 421
Westbrook v. Mihaly · 471 P.2d 487
Brown v. Brown · 15 Cal. 3d 838
Allen v. City of Long Beach · 45 Cal. 2d 128
Benson v. City of Los Angeles · 60 Cal. 2d 355
Hunter v. Sparling · 87 Cal. App. 2d 711
Forster Shipbuilding Co. v. County of Los Angeles · 54 Cal. 2d 450
Adler v. City of Pasadena · 57 Cal. 2d 609
Decker v. Occidental Life Insurance · 452 P.2d 686
County of Los Angeles v. Faus · 48 Cal. 2d 672
Abbott v. City of Los Angeles · 50 Cal. 2d 438
Grimm v. Grimm · 26 Cal. 2d 173
Middlebrook v. Perkins · 21 Cal. 2d 561

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Bodle v. Bodle · 76 Cal. App. 3d 758
In Re Marriage of Samuels · 96 Cal. App. 3d 122
Ruchti v. Goldfein · 113 Cal. App. 3d 928
Samuels v. Samuels · 96 Cal. App. 3d 122
Deering v. Deering · 437 A.2d 883
Copeland v. Copeland · 575 P.2d 99
In Re Marriage of Freiberg · 57 Cal. App. 3d 304
Burwell v. Burwell · 221 Cal. App. 4th 1
Van Loan v. Van Loan · 569 P.2d 214
In Re Marriage of Lionberger · 97 Cal. App. 3d 56
Hisquierdo v. Hisquierdo · 439 U.S. 572
Laing v. Laing · 741 P.2d 649
In Re Marriage of Bergman · 168 Cal. App. 3d 742
In Re Marriage of Shattuck · 134 Cal. App. 3d 683
In Re the Marriage of Grubb · 721 P.2d 1194
Avila v. Travelers Ins. Companies · 481 F. Supp. 431
Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund v. Jones · 646 F. Supp. 228
Van Loan v. an Loan · 116 Ariz. 178
In re the Marriage of Grubb · 745 P.2d 661

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