Allen v. Allen

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The starting point in the division of the marital estate is the characterization of the parties’ property as community or separate.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Boyd v. Boyd
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-03-11· cited 297×
• Penick v. Penick
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-02-21· cited 159×
• Harris v. Harris
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1989-01-20· cited 85×
• Gerald Byron Barras v. Leslea Loring Barras
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2013-01-24· cited 67×
• Magill v. Magill
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1991-09-05· cited 63×
• Chacon v. Chacon
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2007-04-26· cited 34×
• in the Matter of the Marriage of John Paul Moncey and Tammie Jo Moncey
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2013-05-17· cited 34×
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance v. Vandiver
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 1997-04-09· cited 20×
• Hunt v. Hunt
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 1997-08-07· cited 4×
• Linda S. Boyd v. David A. Boyd
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2004-03-11
• Scott Schneider v. Susan Schneider, Arch C. McColl, III, and McColl and McColloch, P.L.L.C.
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2004-02-12
• Munoz, Luis v. Munoz, Patricia
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2003-12-19
• Sergio A. Chacon v. Katherine W. Chacon
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2007-04-26
• Mary Laverne Smith v. David Dillard Grayson
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2011-10-12
• in the Matter of the Marriage of Betty Janis Edwards and Marvin Laverl Edwards
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2012-10-02
• Paciwest, Inc. v. Warner Alan Properties, LLC, and Warner Alan/Westcliff, Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2012-08-16
• in the Matter of the Marriage of Christina Lynn Fletcher and Robert Hugh Fletcher
  Texas Supreme Court· 2015-11-09
• Janet Rose Banister v. Gregory D. Bannister
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2023-06-13
• Lilian Goria Bowles v. Simon David Bowles
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2026-06-03

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Murff v. Murff
  Texas Supreme Court· 1981-04-29· cited 988×
• Cockerham v. Cockerham
  Texas Supreme Court· 1975-07-09· cited 340×
• Vallone v. Vallone
  Texas Supreme Court· 1982-12-31· cited 269×
• Cameron v. Cameron
  Texas Supreme Court· 1982-10-13· cited 259×
• Bell v. Bell
  Texas Supreme Court· 1974-07-24· cited 229×
• Colden v. Alexander
  Texas Supreme Court· 1943-04-14· cited 119×
• Jensen v. Jensen
  Texas Supreme Court· 1984-02-29· cited 117×
• Cooper v. Cooper
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1974-06-13· cited 115×
• Nail v. Nail
  Texas Supreme Court· 1972-11-08· cited 101×
• Taormina v. Culicchia
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1962-02-28· cited 53×
• Holloway v. Holloway
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1984-03-26· cited 51×
• Smith v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1981-04-16· cited 34×
• Westridge Villa Apartments v. Lakewood Bank & Trust Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1969-02-07· cited 31×
• Mundy v. Mundy
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1983-06-30· cited 24×
• Austin v. Austin
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1981-07-01· cited 22×
• King v. King
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1983-10-20· cited 12×
• Thompson v. Graham
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1958-10-24· cited 12×
• Matter of Marriage of York
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1981-02-25· cited 11×
• Jeter v. Radcliff Finance Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1952-02-14· cited 6×
• Nail v. Nail
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1972-02-11· cited 6×