Petters v. Petters

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• \Other states have recognized this waiver doctrine in cases where the defendant entered a general appearance or waived the service of process upon him.\
• \Congress enacted [the] []USFSPA and resolved a controversy theretofore existing regarding state authority to adjudge the rights of (ex)spouses in a retired serviceman's military retirement pension.\
• \The political history of [the] []USFSPA makes clear a purpose to limit forum shopping and protect former servicemen from being required to defend their retirement pensions in foreign forums with which they have little contact.\

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Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State Ex Rel. Moore v. Molpus
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-04-03· cited 148×
• Brown v. Brown
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-27· cited 70×
• Hood v. Dept. of Wildlife Conservation
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-11-28· cited 55×
• Singing River Mall Company v. Mark Fields, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-04-01· cited 36×
• Matter of Marriage of Booker
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1992-07-07· cited 23×
• Smith v. City of Grand Forks
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1991-12-09· cited 20×
• Southern v. Glenn
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-10-03· cited 19×
• Pierce v. Pierce
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-02-20· cited 19×
• Jones v. Chandler
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 17×
• In Re Marriage of Akins
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1997-01-23· cited 14×
• Bronk v. Hobson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-12-04· cited 7×
• Roberts v. Roberts
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2003-10-07· cited 5×
• McCubbin v. Seay
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-07-27· cited 4×
• Owens v. Mai
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2003-11-18· cited 2×
• In re Marriage of Robinson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-07-09· cited 1×
• Williams v. Murphey
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-09-06· cited 1×
• Martin L. Pierce v. Star L. Pierce
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2012-08-24
• Rubiela Williams v. Ennis Williams
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2022-05-04
• Nodak Electric Coop. v. N.D. Public Svc. Commission
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2022-12-08

Cites

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

• Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal., City and County of San Francisco
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-26· cited 1,640×
• David T. Combs Sarah E. Combs v. James O. Bakker Tammy Faye Bakker Richard Dortch
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-09-26· cited 730×
• Harold Noel Arrowsmith, Jr. v. United Press International
  Second Circuit· 1963-06-11· cited 728×
• Free v. Bland
  Supreme Court· 1962-05-21· cited 516×
• Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Mississippi Ex Rel. Moore
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-24· cited 247×
• McDaniel v. Ritter
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-11-29· cited 116×
• Educational Placement Services v. Wilson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-04-23· cited 88×
• Marx v. Truck Renting & Leasing Ass'n
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-09-30· cited 71×
• Bowe v. Bowe
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-02-21· cited 70×
• Luckett v. Mississippi Wood Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-11-27· cited 69×
• Common Cause of Mississippi v. Smith
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-07-26· cited 66×
• Riley v. Moreland
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-01-04· cited 51×
• Gowins v. Gowins
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1985-04-11· cited 49×
• Season-All Industries, Inc., a Corporation v. Turkiye Sise Ve Cam Fabrikalari, A.S., a Corporation, and Seaply Glass Corporation, a Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1970-04-22· cited 47×
• Lester Eng. Co. v. Richland Water & Sewer Dist.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-02-11· cited 46×
• Bias v. Bias
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-08-06· cited 45×
• Grier v. Grier
  Texas Supreme Court· 1987-05-06· cited 44×
• Newman v. Newman
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-02-21· cited 43×
• Busching v. Griffin
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-03-06· cited 36×
• Southern v. Glenn
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1984-06-20· cited 33×

Other cases named Petters v. Petters

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Petters v. Petters
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1827-01-15