Nelson v. Mahurin

How courts have described this case

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

• “Divorce is not an act of the parties. It is an act of the law . . . . That act of the law creates a new legal status, both for the husband and for the wife.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Winsper
  Sixth Circuit· 2012-05-10· cited 6×
• Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. v. Mitchell
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2016-08-26· cited 6×
• Allen Chadwick Burbage v. W. Kirk Burbage and Burbage Funeral Home
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2011-12-21
• Amado Flores v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2022-08-04
• In re Ripberger
  E.D. Kentucky· 2014-10-28

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gentry v. Gentry
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1990-11-08· cited 84×
• Bernatavicius v. Bernatavicius
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1927-05-20· cited 76×
• Hoffmann v. Newell
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1932-12-16· cited 33×
• Cowan v. Pleasant
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1954-01-29· cited 23×
• Sanderson v. Saxon
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1992-06-25· cited 17×
• Peyton v. Young
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-11-02· cited 7×
• Weindl v. Weindl
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1962-06-08· cited 3×
• Henderson v. Baker
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1962-12-07· cited 2×