Estate of Gavula

How courts have described this case

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

• “[W]hen an attempt is made to establish a marriage without the usual formalities, we are called upon to examine the purported marriage contract with great scrutiny.”
• Law imposes a heavy burden on one who grounds his or her claim on an allegation of common law marriage, especially where one of the parties is dead; courts will examine such claim with strict scrutiny.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).