Bell v. Bell

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the Rose approach is inappropriate where parties bought and improved property together and jointly made payments on premarital property
• noting that shared legal custody means that parents share responsibility for making major decisions affecting child's welfare
• holding that “[sjince the question whether the trial court employed the correct legal analysis [in applying the Rose rescission remedy] is a question of law, review of [the] claim [that this application was incorrect] is based upon our independent judgment.”
• recognizing the legislature's intent to favor joint legal custody, regardless of the physical custody arrangement
• concluding that Rose did not apply because the parties commingled assets
• concluding commingling was \hardly insignificant\ and reversing trial court's application of Rose

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Zimin v. Zimin
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1992-07-31· cited 55×
• Bird v. Starkey
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1996-04-04· cited 51×
• Dunn v. Dunn
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1998-01-16· cited 45×
• Farrell v. Farrell
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1991-11-01· cited 44×
• Ronny M. v. Nanette H.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2013-05-31· cited 43×
• Harrelson v. Harrelson
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1997-02-14· cited 43×
• Peterson v. Swarthout
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2009-08-14· cited 41×
• Geldermann v. Geldermann
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2018-08-31· cited 31×
• Crane v. Crane
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-09-10· cited 29×
• Renfro v. Renfro
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1993-03-26· cited 29×
• Lowdermilk v. Lowdermilk
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1992-02-07· cited 26×
• McDougall v. Lumpkin
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2000-11-03· cited 23×
• Ulsher v. Ulsher
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1994-02-11· cited 17×
• Holl v. Holl
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1991-08-16· cited 10×
• Pfeil v. Lock
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2013-10-25· cited 9×
• McCoy v. McCoy
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1996-11-15· cited 8×
• Brenna M. Outwater, f/k/a Brenna M. Ahmasuk v. Brandon D. Ahmasuk
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2025-08-01

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Merrill v. Merrill
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1962-02-06· cited 197×
• Wanberg v. Wanberg
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1983-05-13· cited 139×
• Lone Wolf v. Lone Wolf
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1987-09-04· cited 77×
• Julsen v. Julsen
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1987-08-14· cited 56×
• McClain v. McClain
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1986-04-04· cited 43×
• Rose v. Rose
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1988-06-10· cited 25×