State Supreme Court / Wash.

In re the Marriage of Littlefield

Decided August 7, 1997. Richard B. Sanders wrote the opinion for the court.

133 Wash. 2d 39 · Cited 684 times

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Precedents cited

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In Re the Marriage of Kovacs · 854 P.2d 629
In re the Marriage of Wicklund · 84 Wash. App. 763
MATTER OF TROPEA v. Tropea · 665 N.E.2d 145
Weiss v. Weiss · 52 N.Y.2d 170
De Burgh v. De Burgh · 250 P.2d 598
In Re the Marriage of Little · 634 P.2d 498
In Re the Marriage of Cabalquinto · 669 P.2d 886
Green Mountain School District No. 103 v. Durkee · 56 Wash. 2d 154
Nedrow v. Nedrow · 292 P.2d 872
Clarke v. Clarke · 304 P.2d 673
Taylor v. Taylor · 849 S.W.2d 319
Auge v. Auge · 334 N.W.2d 393

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In Re Marriage of Pape · 989 P.2d 1120
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Teter v. Deck · 274 P.3d 336
In Re the Marriage of Jacobson · 954 P.2d 297
State v. Dye · 178 Wash. 2d 541
Bower v. Reich · 89 Wash. App. 9
In Re the Marriage of Flynn · 972 P.2d 500
In re the Marriage of Pape · 93 Wash. App. 96
Bower v. Reich · 964 P.2d 359
In re the Marriage of Chandola · 180 Wash. 2d 632
In re the Marriage of Pennamen · 135 Wash. App. 790
In Re Custody of Halls · 109 P.3d 15
In re the Custody of Halls · 126 Wash. App. 599
Harden v. Hester · 198 Wash. App. 190
Drury v. Tabares · 97 Wash. App. 860
Drury v. Tabares · 987 P.2d 659
Katare v. Katare · 105 P.3d 44
In Re Marriage of Muhammad · 108 P.3d 779
In re the Marriage of Muhammad · 153 Wash. 2d 795
In re the Marriage of Larson · 178 Wash. App. 133
In re the Marriage of Christel · 101 Wash. App. 13
In Re Marriage of Christel and Blanchard · 1 P.3d 600
In re the Marriage of McNaught · 189 Wash. App. 545
In Re Marriage of Pennamen · 146 P.3d 466
In re the Marriage of Grigsby · 112 Wash. App. 1

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