Goode v. Goode

How courts have described this case

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

• “This Court *** recognizes that the state has a strong policy interest in encouraging legally valid marriages. [Citation.] However, we *** also recognize that this policy must not defeat a person’s equitable interests, nor a person’s rights based upon a valid agreement, expressed or implied.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Burnside v. Burnside
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-03-31· cited 186×
• Blumenthal v. Brewer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2017-01-25· cited 110×
• Griffis v. Griffis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1998-05-21· cited 12×
• Thomas v. LaRosa
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-12-19· cited 8×
• State Ex Rel. Chafin v. Halbritter
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-07-21· cited 8×
• Mato v. Birney
  Spotsylvania County Circuit Court· 1992-01-15· cited 1×
• Derrow v. Burkey
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-02-23

Cites

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

• Marvin v. Marvin
  California Supreme Court· 1976-12-27· cited 396×
• Morone v. Morone
  New York Court of Appeals· 1980-06-06· cited 242×
• Hewitt v. Hewitt
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-09-19· cited 111×
• LaRue v. LaRue
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-05-27· cited 103×
• David M. v. Margaret M.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-10-19· cited 76×
• Beal v. Beal
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1978-04-18· cited 76×
• Patterson v. Patterson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-05-05· cited 62×
• In Re Estate of Eriksen
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1983-08-19· cited 55×
• City of Fairmont v. Retail, Wholesale, & Department Store Union
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-10-21· cited 53×
• Hay v. Hay
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1984-03-29· cited 52×
• Wheeling Dollar Savings & Trust Co. v. Singer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-10-31· cited 48×
• Glasgo v. Glasgo
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1980-09-29· cited 48×
• Beverlin v. Beverlin
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1887-06-25· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Munson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1879-10-27· cited 34×
• Pickens v. Pickens
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-06-04· cited 33×
• Cook v. Cook
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1984-10-31· cited 31×
• Omer v. Omer
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1974-06-05· cited 28×
• State v. Bragg
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1968-10-15· cited 23×
• Carabetta v. Carabetta
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-11-25· cited 22×
• In Matter of Estate of Steffes
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1980-04-08· cited 21×