Clay v. Clay

How courts have described this case

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

• providing that “[t]he court may grant a divorce in favor of one spouse if the other spouse has committed adultery” (emphasis added)
• where in a divorce granted on a no-fault ground, the trial court, in dividing property, could consider the jury’s finding that the wife was guilty of cruelty
• where in a divorce granted on a no-fault ground, the trial court, in dividing property, could consider the jury's finding that the wife was guilty of cruelty

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Sparks v. Sparks
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1992-06-30· cited 264×
• Massey v. Massey
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1991-03-07· cited 145×
• Sarah Lansden Baker v. Mark Mitchell Baker
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-06-25· cited 54×
• Phillips v. Phillips
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2002-05-02· cited 39×
• In Re Marriage of JB and HB
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2010-12-08· cited 36×
• Susana I. Villalpando v. Armando Villalpando
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-11-17· cited 25×
• Townplace Homeowners' Ass'n v. McMahon
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-01-10· cited 20×
• Patt v. Patt
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1985-04-25· cited 17×
• In Re Marriage of Brown
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2006-01-25· cited 17×
• Whitt v. Whitt
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1984-04-19· cited 16×
• Campbell v. Campbell
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1981-11-18· cited 14×
• Baker v. Baker
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1981-11-19· cited 7×
• Austin v. Austin
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1979-09-05· cited 3×
• McMaster v. McMaster
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1978-11-08· cited 2×
• Mathis v. Benavides
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-03-16· cited 1×
• Nancy Ruth Lisk v. Richard H. Lisk
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-07-21
• James Drew Phillips v. Nancy Jane Phillips
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2002-05-02
• Donald Brown v. Darlene Brown
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2006-01-25
• in the Matter of the Marriage of Maria Irma Avila and Manuel Avila
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-10-18
• in the Matter of the Marriage of Maria Irma Avila and Manuel Avila
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-07-19

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wagner v. Foster
  Texas Supreme Court· 1960-12-14· cited 242×
• Cusack v. Cusack
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1973-02-28· cited 51×
• In Re the Marriage of Jackson
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1974-02-19· cited 47×
• Zaruba v. Zaruba
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1973-08-31· cited 39×
• In Re the Marriage of McCurdy
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1973-01-15· cited 38×
• Miller v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1955-12-29· cited 27×
• Ex Parte Kollenborn
  Texas Supreme Court· 1954-06-09· cited 11×
• Abbott v. Earl Hayes Chevrolet Company
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1964-12-03· cited 11×
• Moreno v. Jenkins
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1968-12-11· cited 10×
• Stecklein v. Stecklein
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1971-04-21· cited 8×