Legal Opinion
Searles v. Searles
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 11, 1988No. C1-87-631PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
When Missouri residents were divorced in Missouri under a dissolution decree which omitted any property distribution, may the former wife now bring an action in this state to partition Minnesota land that had been acquired by the husband in his own name during the marriage? The court of appeals said yes. Searles v. Searles, 412 N.W.2d 11 (Minn.App.1987). We affirm.
Plaintiff-respondent Antonia Searles brings this partition action against defendant-appellant Scott Searles, Jr. The complaint alleges Antonia and Scott were married in November 1959 and divorced, in Missouri, on…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McArthur v. ClarkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Berry v. BerryMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
- Kauffman v. EckhardtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1935
- Schoonmaker v. St. Paul Title & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
- Larsen v. EricksonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
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3Cited by9 opinions
- In Re Estate of GullbergCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2002
- In Re JohnsonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 1997
- County of Blue Earth v. TurtleCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1999
- Freundschuh v. FreundschuhCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1997
- In Re Estate of GullbergCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2002
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