Fillingim v. Fillingim

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that to claim certain property as separate, party has burden to trace and clearly identify property as separate by clear and convincing evidence
• explaining that residuary clauses typically divide property not explicitly mentioned in the decree
• clarifying that trial courts can divide only community property
• “A judgment finalizing a divorce and dividing marital property bars relitigation of the property division, even if the decree incorrectly characterizes or divides the property.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Sprague v. Sprague
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-03-21· cited 36×
• 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×
• Fredrick Merida Warriner v. Dana Dian Warriner
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2012-09-05· cited 32×
• in the Matter of the Marriage of Valarie Delaine O'Brien and Richard Eldon O'Brien
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-05-06· cited 25×
• Judith Karen Beshears v. Donald Beshears
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2014-01-30· cited 22×
• William Perry v. Vickie Reams Perry
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-12-13· cited 21×
• Tony Woody v. Madelyn Woody
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-04-17· cited 18×
• in Re W.L.W.
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2012-06-21· cited 15×
• Brown v. Wokocha
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-06-13· cited 11×
• Ronald Keith Moore v. Zuzanna E. Moore
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2019-01-31· cited 10×
• In re the Marriage of Stegall
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-05-12· cited 8×
• Beal Bank v. Gilbert, Jr. Warren A. and Pattie Pitman Gilbert, Individually, and as the Trustee of Pattie Pitman Gilbert Separate Property Trust
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2013-11-18· cited 6×
• April Eve Haas F/K/A April Eve Otto v. Michael Otto III
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2012-12-13· cited 3×
• Alberto Campos v. Ruth Femat Campos
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2012-07-25· cited 3×
• In re the Marriage of Bradshaw
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-02-09· cited 3×
• Kite v. King
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-05-11· cited 1×
• Simpson v. Moore
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-06-28· cited 1×
• Greg Daniels v. Edith Funes
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2011-06-17
• Barry Michael Smith, Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2011-06-17
• Michael Sheldon v. Karen Sheldon
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2013-11-22

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Eggemeyer v. Eggemeyer
  Texas Supreme Court· 1977-07-13· cited 400×
• Shanks v. Treadway
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 300×
• Reiss v. Reiss
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 275×
• Tarver v. Tarver
  Texas Supreme Court· 1965-10-06· cited 170×
• McKinley v. McKinley
  Texas Supreme Court· 1973-06-20· cited 157×
• Baxter v. Ruddle
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-09-06· cited 98×
• Buys v. Buys
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-07-12· cited 69×
• Wilson v. Wilson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1947-04-30· cited 51×

Other cases named Fillingim v. Fillingim

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Fillingim v. Fillingim
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1980-09-24· cited 8×
• Fillingim v. Fillingim
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1963-05-21