State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

In Re Marriage of Smith

Decided April 11, 1978. Herbert C. Kaufman wrote the opinion for the court.

79 Cal. App. 3d 725 · Cited 55 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.

Weinberg v. Weinberg · 67 Cal. 2d 557
County of Los Angeles v. Faus · 48 Cal. 2d 672
In Re Marriage of Kelley · 64 Cal. App. 3d 82
Vides v. Vides · 215 Cal. App. 2d 601
See v. See · 64 Cal. 2d 778
In Re Marriage of Rosan · 24 Cal. App. 3d 885
In Re Marriage of Brantner · 67 Cal. App. 3d 416
In Re Marriage of Morrison · 573 P.2d 41
In Re Marriage of Cosgrove · 27 Cal. App. 3d 424
Beam v. Bank of America · 490 P.2d 257
Wall v. Wall · 30 Cal. App. 3d 1042
Ives v. Connacher · 121 P. 394
Daly v. General Motors Corp. · 575 P.2d 1162
In Re Marriage of Fonstein · 552 P.2d 1169
Blackburn v. Blackburn · 160 Cal. App. 2d 301
Brokopp v. Ford Motor Co. · 71 Cal. App. 3d 841
Hall v. Hall · 42 Cal. 2d 435
Gay v. Gay · 79 P. 885
In Re Marriage of Kuppinger · 48 Cal. App. 3d 628
Burns v. Ross · 212 P. 17
In Re Marriage of Andreen · 76 Cal. App. 3d 667
Haseltine v. Haseltine · 203 Cal. App. 2d 48
Bole v. Bole · 76 Cal. App. 2d 344
In Re Hendricks · 5 Cal. App. 3d 793
Hester v. Hester · 2 Cal. App. 3d 1091

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In Re the Marriage of Ostler & Smith · 223 Cal. App. 3d 33
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In Re Marriage of Frick · 181 Cal. App. 3d 997
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In Re Marriage of Barnert · 85 Cal. App. 3d 413
In Re the Marriage of Aninger · 220 Cal. App. 3d 230
In Re Marriage of Clements · 134 Cal. App. 3d 737
In Re Marriage of McNeill · 160 Cal. App. 3d 548
In Re Marriage of Sheridan · 140 Cal. App. 3d 742
In Re Marriage of Harrison · 179 Cal. App. 3d 1216
In Re Marriage of Burlini · 143 Cal. App. 3d 65
In Re Marriage of Johnson · 143 Cal. App. 3d 57
Estate of Levine · 125 Cal. App. 3d 701

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