Spellens v. Spellens

Decided October 30, 1957. B Rey Schauer wrote the opinion for the court.

317 P.2d 613 · Cited 143 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.

• Rediker v. Rediker · 35 Cal. 2d 796
• Harlan v. Harlan · 70 Cal. App. 2d 657
• Hill v. Hill · 23 Cal. 2d 82
• Dietrich v. Dietrich · 41 Cal. 2d 497
• Watson v. Watson · 39 Cal. 2d 305
• Anderson v. Anderson · 7 Cal. 2d 265
• De Burgh v. De Burgh · 250 P.2d 598
• Krause v. Krause · 26 N.E.2d 290
• Peters v. Peters · 103 P. 219
• Saliem v. Glovsky · 132 Me. 402
• Langley v. Schumacker · 297 P.2d 977
• Zaragosa v. Craven · 33 Cal. 2d 315
• Paulus v. Bauder · 106 Cal. App. 2d 589
• Barham v. Barham · 33 Cal. 2d 416
• Dean v. . Kochendorfer · 143 N.E. 229
• Colbert v. Colbert · 28 Cal. 2d 276
• Flores v. Brown · 39 Cal. 2d 622
• Litvinuk v. Litvinuk · 27 Cal. 2d 38
• Pollitz v. Wickersham · 88 P. 911
• Estate of Davis · 38 Cal. App. 2d 579
• Tranchina v. Arcinas · 78 Cal. App. 2d 522
• Bruguiere v. Bruguiere · 155 P. 988
• In Re the Estate of Elliott · 132 P. 439
• Kelsey v. Miller · 263 P. 200
• In Re Estate of Simmons · 143 P. 697

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