MacDonald v. MacDonald

How courts have described this case

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

• abrogating a common law rule and noting the growing support from other jurisdictions and commentators for the new rule
• “[W]e do not permit [stare decisis] to mandate the mockery of reality and the ‘cultural lag of unfairness and injustice’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Tuttle v. Raymond
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1985-06-21· cited 239×
• Myrick v. James
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-05-04· cited 122×
• Boblitz v. Boblitz
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-06-30· cited 95×
• Hack v. Hack
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-14· cited 67×
• Price v. Price
  Texas Supreme Court· 1987-06-24· cited 61×
• Robeson v. International Indemnity Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-10-14· cited 54×
• Henriksen v. Cameron
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1993-03-24· cited 54×
• Heino v. Harper
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1988-08-02· cited 47×
• Bozman v. Bozman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-08-12· cited 43×
• MacOmber v. Dillman
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1986-02-27· cited 43×
• S.A.V. v. K.G.V.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1986-04-15· cited 41×
• Burns v. Burns
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-01-13· cited 35×
• Durepo v. Fishman
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1987-10-28· cited 35×
• Allstate Insurance v. Elwell
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1986-07-23· cited 35×
• Bonkowsky v. Bonkowsky
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1982-02-10· cited 29×
• Guffy Ex Rel. Reeves v. Guffy
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1981-07-17· cited 23×
• Luna Ex Rel. Lee v. Clayton
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1983-08-22· cited 23×
• Boone v. Boone
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-04-23· cited 22×
• Brown v. Brown
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-07-30· cited 22×
• Flagg v. Loy
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1987-03-27· cited 18×

Cites

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

• Woods v. Lancet
  New York Court of Appeals· 1951-12-06· cited 477×
• Immer v. Risko
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1970-07-10· cited 153×
• Rupert Ex Rel. Rupert v. Stienne
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1974-12-02· cited 152×
• Merenoff v. Merenoff
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1978-06-01· cited 133×
• Freehe v. Freehe
  Washington Supreme Court· 1972-08-31· cited 123×
• Brooks v. Robinson
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1972-07-10· cited 101×
• Black v. Solmitz
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1979-12-18· cited 96×
• Lewis v. Lewis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-07-09· cited 86×
• Beaudette v. Frana
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1969-12-19· cited 84×
• Imig v. March
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1979-05-29· cited 77×
• Coffindaffer v. Coffindaffer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-05-16· cited 71×
• Shook v. Crabb
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1979-07-25· cited 54×
• Roberts v. American Chain & Cable Co.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1969-11-21· cited 52×
• Raisen v. Raisen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1979-12-20· cited 49×
• Digby v. Digby
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1978-06-19· cited 48×
• Bedell v. Reagan
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1963-06-21· cited 45×
• Flores v. Flores
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1973-01-19· cited 41×
• Downs v. Poulin
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1966-01-11· cited 36×
• Potter v. Schafter
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1965-07-23· cited 25×
• Moulton v. Moulton
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1973-09-05· cited 24×