Legal Opinion
Lightell v. Lightell
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided February 4, 1981No. Civ. 2332-XPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is a divorce case.
The husband appeals from a judgment of divorce, which also determined him to be the father of a child born to the wife some two years after the parties had separated. The wife cross-appeals asserting error in the support and property division provisions of the judgment and in the failure of the trial court to award her an attorney's fee.
The parties were married at Long Island, New York in 1962. The husband, in career service with the United States Army, was transferred numerous times and the transfers resulted in many changes of residence for the couple. They were able…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal., City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Brondum v. CoxSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
- Sachs v. SachsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Corcoran v. CorcoranCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1978
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State ex rel. Stone v. Court of Common PleasOhio Supreme Court · 1984
- Allan Wayne Morton v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
- Burrill v. SturmCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1986
- STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH v. WrightDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
- Schilz v. SUPER. CT. IN & FOR MARICOPA CTY.Arizona Supreme Court · 1985
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