Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/18/1986
Major v. Major
Citations
- 518 A.2d 1267
- 359 Pa. Super. 344
- 1986 Pa. Super. LEXIS 13118
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- concluding that the failure to disclose an asset, i.e., a military pension, did not amount to extrinsic fraud
- concluding that the failure to disclose an asset, i.e., a military pension, did not amount to extrinsic fraud
- opening of divorce decree was not proper remedy where requirements of 23 P.S. § 602 had not been satisfied
- “in tent” of Act “was to grant relief to those parties who mistakenly treated military pensions as separate property due to the McCarty decision”
- military pension benefits are marital property to extent they are acquired during marriage
- “Although the record clearly demonstrates that appellant did not disclose to the lower court his military pension asset, we cannot say this failure to disclose amounted to extrinsic fraud.”
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Judges: McEwen, Olszewski, Kelly
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22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- In Re Marriage of GalloSupreme Court of Colorado· 1988-02-08· cited 929×
- Commonwealth v. LemanskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-07-20· cited 76×
- Morgante, S. v. Morgante, K.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-06-26· cited 63×
- Berrington v. BerringtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-12· cited 60×
- Butcher v. ButcherWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-04-02· cited 42×
- Ciliberti v. CilibertiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-06-10· cited 39×
- Conner, C. v. Holtzinger Conner, K.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-08-20· cited 38×
- Berrington v. BerringtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-09· cited 27×
- Verdile v. VerdileSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-01-19· cited 26×
- Ratarsky v. RatarskySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-04-14· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. McPhersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-27· cited 14×
- Kozel, D. v. Kozel, D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-07-29· cited 14×
- Smith v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-17· cited 12×
- Anderson v. AndersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-06-30· cited 12×
- MacAleer v. MacAleerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-02-19· cited 11×
- Vaughn v. VaughnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-01-21· cited 7×
- Hassick v. HassickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-06-12· cited 7×
- Parshall v. ParshallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-06-09· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. BrezanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-08-14· cited 4×
- Kan v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-09-08· cited 1×
Cites
29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- McCarty v. McCartySupreme Court· 1981-06-26· cited 1,052×
- Cameron v. CameronTexas Supreme Court· 1982-10-13· cited 259×
- Braderman v. BradermanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-08· cited 90×
- In Re the Marriage of FlannaganCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1985-11-25· cited 73×
- King v. KingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-08-24· cited 72×
- Flynn v. FlynnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-29· cited 60×
- Edsall v. SUPER. CT. IN & FOR COUNTY OF PIMAArizona Supreme Court· 1984-12-13· cited 54×
- In Re the Marriage of MacDonaldWashington Supreme Court· 1985-11-21· cited 52×
- In Re Marriage of HopkinsCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1983-04-26· cited 41×
- Smith v. SmithDelaware Family Court· 1983-03-14· cited 40×
- Fenstermaker v. FenstermakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-11-08· cited 38×
- Griggs v. GriggsIdaho Supreme Court· 1984-08-08· cited 35×
- Castiglioni v. CastiglioniNew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1984-01-05· cited 34×
- Barnhart v. BarnhartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-07· cited 34×
- Walentowski v. WalentowskiNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1983-11-30· cited 31×
- Koppenhaver v. KoppenhaverNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1984-02-14· cited 30×
- Chase v. ChaseAlaska Supreme Court· 1983-04-29· cited 28×
- Thorpe v. ThorpeCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1985-03-05· cited 26×
- Coates v. CoatesMissouri Court of Appeals· 1983-03-08· cited 25×
- In Re the Marriage of QuintardMissouri Court of Appeals· 1985-05-29· cited 21×
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