Schofield v. Schofield

How courts have described this case

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

• modifying provisions of divorce decree regarding award of marital home to ex-husband under Rule 60(b)(6) where parties' assumption that ex-husband would care for and raise children proved wrong
• finding fundamental assumption destroyed after father agreed to primary child custody but subsequently moved out of state without children
• calling “poorly thought out” dissolution decree that, among other things, awarded child custody, most assets, and residence to father; parties later resided together until father moved to California, leaving mother and children in residence
• Rule 60(b)(6) motion made eight years after judgment was made within a reasonable time.
• Rule 60(b)(6) motion made eight years after judgment was made within a reasonable time.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Clauson v. Clauson
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1992-05-08· cited 70×
• Lacher v. Lacher
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-12-10· cited 54×
• Lowe v. Lowe
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1991-07-26· cited 51×
• Dewey v. Dewey
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1994-11-25· cited 37×
• Williams v. Crawford
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-06-18· cited 32×
• Hopper v. Hopper
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2007-11-09· cited 31×
• Crane v. Crane
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-09-10· cited 29×
• In Re Adoption of Keith MW
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2003-10-31· cited 15×
• Powell v. Powell
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2008-10-10· cited 14×
• Cline v. Cline
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2004-04-30· cited 14×
• McCarter v. McCarter
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2013-07-05· cited 13×
• Rowland v. Monsen
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2006-05-19· cited 9×
• Lowe v. Lowe
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1997-08-15· cited 5×
• Jody D. Schindler v. Kelly A. Schindler, n/k/a Kelly A. Price
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2020-10-23· cited 4×
• Native Village of Napaimute Traditional Council v. Terence W.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2003-10-31· cited 2×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Burrell v. Burrell
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1984-03-09· cited 53×
• K.T.E. v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1984-09-28· cited 27×
• Foster v. Foster
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1984-07-20· cited 23×
• Mendoza v. Mendoza
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1985-08-29· cited 19×
• Dyer v. Pacheco
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1982-09-30· cited 14×