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In Re Marriage of Fithian

California Supreme Court

Decided January 3, 1974No. L.A. 30165PublishedCited by 172 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

MOSK, J.

James E. Fithian, Jr., appeals from an interlocutory judgment ordering the dissolution of his marriage to Camille J. Fithian and establishing the community property rights of the respective parties:, Husband specifically challenges the trial court’s characterization of a portion of his federal military retirement pay as community property, contending such a determination is forbidden to the states by the supremacy clause (art. VI, cl. 2) of the United States Constitution. We conclude federal military retirement pay is properly the subject of California community property law…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Lynch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Free v. BlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Wissner v. WissnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  4. Busby v. BusbyTexas Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. ParnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1956

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3Cited by172 opinions

  1. McCarty v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Hisquierdo v. HisquierdoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. In Re Marriage of BrownCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Smith v. LewisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Brown v. BrownCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976

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