State Supreme Court / Mich.

Sparks v. Sparks

Decided June 30, 1992. Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Boyle wrote the opinion for the court.

485 N.W.2d 893 · Cited 264 times

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Beason v. Beason · 460 N.W.2d 207
Kretzschmar v. Kretzschmar · 210 N.W.2d 352
Spalding v. Spalding · 94 N.W.2d 810
Paul v. Paul · 106 N.W.2d 384
Martin v. Martin · 450 N.W.2d 768
Langnes v. Green · 282 U.S. 531
Johnson v. Johnson · 78 N.W.2d 216
In Re the Marriage of Tjaden · 199 N.W.2d 475
O'Brien v. O'Brien · 66 N.Y.2d 576
People v. Jackson · 217 N.W.2d 22
Christine Building Co. v. City of Troy · 116 N.W.2d 816
Longstreth v. Gensel · 377 N.W.2d 804
Smith v. City of Detroit Swarthout · 202 N.W.2d 300
Dixon v. Dixon · 319 N.W.2d 846
Charlton v. Charlton · 243 N.W.2d 261
Wells v. Wells · 47 N.W.2d 687
Burkey v. Burkey · 471 N.W.2d 631
Chisnell v. Chisnell · 267 N.W.2d 155
Whittaker v. Whittaker · 72 N.W.2d 207
Perrin v. Perrin · 425 N.W.2d 494
Collett v. Collett · 621 P.2d 1093
Cooley v. Cooley · 30 N.W.2d 840
Cartwright v. Cartwright · 67 N.W.2d 183
Christofferson v. Christofferson · 109 N.W.2d 848
Hallett v. Hallett · 271 N.W. 748

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