Legal Opinion
Creel v. Creel
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 11, 2000No. 1981820PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Joyce R. Creel filed a declaratory-judgment action in the Chilton Circuit Court, seeking a judgment declaring that she had been the common-law wife of Joseph David Creel, Sr., at the time of his death. The court entered such a judgment. The defendant Deborah Maudlin Creel appeals. We affirm.
Joyce Creel ("Joyce") and Joseph David Creel, Sr. ("Joseph Sr.") were married in 1948. One of them sued for a divorce in 1976, and a final divorce judgment was entered on April 6, 1977. During that same month, Joyce had surgery. During her recuperation, she and Joseph Sr. renewed a relationship that…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Foreman v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
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