Olson v. Olson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Social Security is immune from adjustment by state courts in dividing marital property
• holding that social security cannot be considered, distributed, or offset in marital property divisions
• concluding that pension or retirement benefits accumulated during the marriage are marital property divisible at divorce
• recognizing that “social security cannot be distributed or used as an offset in division of marital property”
• holding the Supremacy Clause prohibits state courts from distributing Social Security benefits directly or “us[ing it] as an offset in division of marital property”
• observing that Congress’s “retained power to alter, amend, or repeal [Social Security] benefits makes it awkward for the courts to count benefits as assets of definable value”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In Re the Marriage of Morehouse
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2005-02-24· cited 288×
• Neville v. Neville
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2003-07-23· cited 156×
• In Re Marriage of Zahm
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 103×
• In re the Marriage of Zahm
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 97×
• Webster v. Webster
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2006-06-16· cited 79×
• Wolff v. Wolff
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-12-20· cited 65×
• Fox v. Fox
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1999-04-12· cited 63×
• Heggen v. Heggen
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1990-03-01· cited 58×
• In Re Marriage of Crook
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 56×
• Kluck v. Kluck
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1997-03-20· cited 39×
• Pleasant v. Pleasant
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1993-10-27· cited 36×
• Schoenwald v. Schoenwald
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1999-05-19· cited 33×
• Forrester v. Forrester
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-07-10· cited 33×
• Gaulrapp v. Gaulrapp
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1994-01-05· cited 31×
• Johnson v. Johnson
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2007-06-20· cited 29×
• Kirk v. Kirk
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1990-07-05· cited 29×
• Gibbon v. Gibbon
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1997-11-06· cited 28×
• In Re the Marriage of Brane
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1995-12-15· cited 25×
• Skelton v. Skelton
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-11-18· cited 25×
• Jefferies v. Jefferies
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1995-05-11· cited 23×

Cites

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

• Flemming v. Nestor
  Supreme Court· 1960-06-20· cited 1,508×
• McCarty v. McCarty
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-26· cited 1,052×
• Hisquierdo v. Hisquierdo
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-22· cited 837×
• Richardson v. Belcher
  Supreme Court· 1971-11-22· cited 630×
• Mansell v. Mansell
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-30· cited 626×
• Fischer v. Fischer
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1966-02-14· cited 299×
• Ruff v. Ruff
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1952-02-21· cited 267×
• Bullock v. Bullock
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1984-08-13· cited 74×
• Locke v. Locke
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-10-20· cited 69×
• Wisner v. Wisner
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-03-19· cited 63×
• Williams v. Williams
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1981-02-24· cited 63×
• Fleck v. Fleck
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1988-08-17· cited 55×
• Matter of Marriage of Swan and Swan
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1986-06-03· cited 46×
• Bagan v. Bagan
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1986-02-20· cited 43×
• In Re Marriage of Evans
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-06-04· cited 38×
• Umber v. Umber
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1979-02-20· cited 33×
• Branson v. Branson
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1987-08-20· cited 33×
• Nelson v. Trinity Medical Center
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1988-02-11· cited 32×
• Davis v. Davis
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1978-07-13· cited 30×
• Winter v. Winter
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1983-10-03· cited 30×