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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. Texas: Looked at the same sodomy laws.
  • Israel v. Allen: Affinity restrictions constitutionality.
  • Xiong v. Xiong: lays out the principles recognizing out of state marriages.

Annulment

  • Reynolds v. Reynolds: A 17 year old man seeks an annulment from a 30 year old women because 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 religious 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 husband 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

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