Dewan v. Dewan

How courts have described this case

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

• two methods: (1) the present value method (lump sum distribution) and (2) the time rule method (deferred distribution)
• “... the award is typically of a percentage (often a third or a half) of that portion of the pension benefits attributable to the period of the marriage.” (citations omitted)
• husband’s Federal civil service employee pension divided as a marital asset

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Davidson v. Davidson
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-02-20· cited 90×
• Grubert v. Grubert
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-09-24· cited 80×
• Grode v. Grode
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1996-02-14· cited 64×
• Broadhead v. Broadhead
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1987-05-12· cited 61×
• Moriarty v. Stone
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-08-20· cited 51×
• DeLoach v. DeLoach
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-11-21· cited 39×
• Whitfield v. Whitfield
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1987-12-18· cited 36×
• Pulliam v. Pulliam
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1990-07-17· cited 27×
• McDermott v. McDermott
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1988-08-19· cited 24×
• Downey v. Downey
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-09-12· cited 22×
• Casey v. Casey
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-06-07· cited 21×
• Glass v. Glass
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1984-02-23· cited 19×
• Ross v. Ross
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-09-13· cited 13×
• Cabot v. Cabot
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-04-23· cited 9×
• Johnson v. Johnson
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-06-27· cited 9×
• Brower v. Brower
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-05-21· cited 9×
• Dewan v. Dewan
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-02-19· cited 8×
• Peterson v. Peterson
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-03-29· cited 5×
• Feathler v. Feathler
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-09-03· cited 5×
• Caccia v. Caccia
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-05-01· cited 5×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cearley v. Cearley
  Texas Supreme Court· 1976-12-15· cited 243×
• Brown v. Brown
  California Supreme Court· 1976-01-16· cited 161×
• In Re Marriage of Hunt
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-11-05· cited 144×
• Holbrook v. Holbrook
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1981-06-04· cited 131×
• Phillipson v. Board of Administration, Public Employees' Retirement System
  California Supreme Court· 1970-08-26· cited 98×
• Kikkert v. Kikkert
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1981-02-10· cited 73×
• Matter of Marriage of Rogers
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1980-04-14· cited 57×
• Copeland v. Copeland
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1978-02-21· cited 51×
• Foster v. Foster
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1979-08-24· cited 29×
• Matter of Marriage of Minnis
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1981-10-05· cited 13×
• Majauskas v. Majauskas
  New York Supreme Court· 1981-07-23· cited 12×