State Supreme Court / Mont.

In Re the Marriage of Brown

Decided November 27, 1978. John C. Sheehy wrote the opinion for the court.

587 P.2d 361 · Cited 72 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.

Vivian v. Vivian · 583 P.2d 1072
Biegalke v. Biegalke · 564 P.2d 987
In Re Marriage of Kramer · 580 P.2d 439
In Re the Marriage of Reilly · 577 P.2d 840
In Re the Marriage of Isler · 566 P.2d 55
Porter v. Porter · 473 P.2d 538
Morse v. Morse · 571 P.2d 1147
Schiele v. Sager · 571 P.2d 1142
Allen v. Allen · 575 P.2d 74
Olson v. Olson · 574 P.2d 1004
Weber v. Weber · 576 P.2d 1102
In Re the Marriage of Blair · 583 P.2d 403
In Re the Marriage of Johnsrud · 572 P.2d 902

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In Re the Marriage of Fitzmorris · 745 P.2d 353
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Cook v. Cook · 614 P.2d 511
Marriage of Schultz v. Schultz · 649 P.2d 1268
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In Re the Marriage of McGill · 609 P.2d 278
In Re the Marriage of Larson · 234 Mont. 400
In Re the Marriage of Funk · 2012 MT 14
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In Re Marriage of Aanenson · 598 P.2d 1120
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In Re the Marriage of Kaasa · 591 P.2d 1110
In Re the Marriage of Alt · 708 P.2d 258
Bailey v. Bailey · 603 P.2d 259
Marriage of Buxbaum v. Buxbaum · 692 P.2d 411

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