Rook v. Rook

Decided March 6, 1987. Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

353 S.E.2d 756 · Cited 114 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.

• Cofer v. Cofer · 205 Va. 834
• Jones v. Willard · 299 S.E.2d 504
• Slaughter v. Commonwealth · 284 S.E.2d 824
• Virginia Department of Corrections v. Crowley · 316 S.E.2d 439
• Matthews v. Commonwealth · 216 Va. 358
• O'NEILL v. Cole · 194 Va. 50
• Rowe v. Big Sandy Coal Corp. · 197 Va. 136
• Byrum v. Lowe & Gordon, Ltd. · 302 S.E.2d 46
• Smith v. Commonwealth · 207 Va. 459
• Hirschkop v. Commonwealth · 209 Va. 678
• Smith v. Commonwealth · 195 Va. 297

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• Pigg v. Commonwealth · 441 S.E.2d 216
• Evans v. Smyth-Wythe Airport Commission · 495 S.E.2d 825
• Rogers v. Damron · 479 S.E.2d 540
• Church v. Church · 483 S.E.2d 498
• Singh v. Mooney · 541 S.E.2d 549
• J.P. v. Carter · 485 S.E.2d 162
• Collins v. Shepherd · 649 S.E.2d 672
• Faysal M. Zedan v. Sylvie E. Westheim · 60 Va. App. 556
• Julio Fernando Cabral v. Debbie Ann Silveira Cabral · 62 Va. App. 600
• Michael Jonthan Garland Saunders v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 62 Va. App. 793
• Smith v. Commonwealth · 693 S.E.2d 765
• Holmes v. AC & S, INC. · 388 F. Supp. 2d 663
• Vokes v. Vokes · 504 S.E.2d 865
• Fisher v. Salute · 657 S.E.2d 169
• Eagleston v. Commonwealth · 445 S.E.2d 161
• Nancy J. Bogart v. William C. Bogart · 21 Va. App. 280
• Hand v. Hand · 617 So. 2d 1040
• Trevino v. Talmadge · 17 Va. App. 514

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