American Family Law Cases

Marriage & its Hurdles

• Reynolds v. United States: :Looked at the legality of polygamous relationships
• Loving v. Virginia: Overruled the interracial marriage barriers.
• Zablocki v. Redhail: Looked at the effect of child supoort debt and the right to a marriage license.
• Baker v. Nelson: Looks at some of the reasons against same sex marriages.
• Lawrence v. Tezas: Looked at the same sodomy laws.
• Israel v. Allen: Affinity restrictions constitutionality.
• Xiong v. Xiong: lays out the prinicples recognizing out of state marriages.

Annulment

• Reynolds v. Reynolds: A 17 year old man seeks an annulment from a 30 year old women b/c she was pregnant by another man when they married.
• Rogers v. Rogers: Young man wants annulment since he only married because he honestly believed the girl's father would kill him if he failed to do so.
• VonBiroganis v. Von Brack: 12 years after marriage guy wants annulment due to religous differences.
• Masters v. Masters: Man seeks annulment because women told him she was pregnant and she was never pregnant..
• Darrel v. Darrell: Wife sought annulment claiming fraud because hushand lied about being impotent.
• Gabriel v. Gabriel: Husband seeks annulment since he was mentally unfit at the time of marriage
• Foley v. Foley: Mother of minor son wants annulment on his behalf.

Cohabitation Outside Marriage

• Baker v. Couch
• Marvin v. Marvin
• Soderholm v. Kosty
• Zaremba v. Cliburn
• Powell v. Rogers

Jurisdiction

• Ankenbrandt v. Richards
• Sosna v. Iowa
• Jones v. Chandler
• Kulko v. Superior Court of California
• Sherrer v. Sherrer
• May v. Anderson
• Mcatee v. Mcatee
• Bartsch v. Barsch
• Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield

Establishing Alimony

• North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc v. Harris
• Devine v. Devine
• Orr v. Orr
• Timanus v. Timanus
• Cashman v. Cashman
• Otis v. Otis
• Cox v. Cox
• Christians v. Christians
• Haugan v. Haugan

Modifying Alimony

• Cole v. Cole
• Stickney v. Stickney
• Karon v. Karon
• Wessels v. Wessels
• Cermak v. Cermak

Establishing Child Support

• Haxton v. Haxton
• Zabloski v. Hall
• Voishan v. Palmer
• Sanjari v. Sanjari
• Ulrich v. Cornell
• Oeler v. Oeler
• A.N v. S.M

Modifying & Enforcing Child Support

• Hasty v. Hasty
• Jones v. Helms
• United States v. Hampshire

Determining Child Support

• Hibbette v. Baines
• Palmore v. Sidoti
• McMillen v. McMillen
• Pikula v. Pikula
• YSLA v. Lopez
• Ford v. Ford
• Rowe v. Franklin
• Stone v. Wall

Modifying Custody

• Lizzio v. Jackson
• Auge v. Auge
• Lazarevic v. Fogelquist
• Friedrich v. Friedrich
• Silverman v. Silverman

Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction & Enforcement Act

• Thompson v. Thompson
• Welch Doden v. Roberts
• Coleman v. Coleman

Visitation

• Wood v. DeHahn
• Boswell v. Boswell
• Troxel v. Granville
• Beagle v. Beagle

Property Division

• Beard v. Knox
• Freeman v. Belfer
• Kirchberg v. Feenstra
• Schimitz v. Schimitz
• Wood v. Wood
• Nardini v. Nardini
• Duffey v. Duffey
• O'Brien v. O'Brien
• Lopiano v. Lopiano
• Brown v. Thomas

Premarital Agreements

• Kline v. Kline
• Serbus v. Serbus
• Osborne v. Osborne
• DeMatteo v. DeMatteo
• Jones v. Jones
• Bonds v. Bonds

Pensions & Insurance

• Boggs v. Boggs
• Heggy v. American Trading Employment Retirement Account Plan
• Prudential INS CO of America v. Whitney

Bankruptcy

• Svlvester v. Sylvester
• Kline v. Kline

Reopening Judgments

• Maranda v. Maranda
• Kuehn v. Kuehn
• Giha v. Giha
• Cerniglia v. Cerniglia

Contempt

• Hicks v. Feiock
• Leger v. Leger
• Reynolds v. Reynolds
• Chawick v. Janecka
• Sachs v. Sachs
• Burgardt v. Burgardt

Family Tax Issues

• Preston v. C.J.R.
• Mueller v. C.J.R.
• Mitchell v. C.J.R.

Attorney Fees & Liens

• Cheriton v. Cheriton
• Chafin v. Chafin
• Burns v. Johnson
• Sowder v. Sowder

Domestic Violence

• State v. Rhodes
• Warren v. State
• State EX REL, Williams v. Marsh
• Deacon v. Landers
• Cole v. Cole
• Hicks v. Hicks
• Feltmeier v. Feltmeier