Legal Opinion
In Re Marriage of Sheldon
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 7, 1981No. Civ. 22645PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WIENER, J.
Robert Monroe Sheldon appeals an interlocutory judgment dissolving his 13-year marriage.
The principal issue concerns the retroactivity of the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in McCarty v. McCarty (1981) 453 U.S. 210 [69 L.Ed.2d 589, 101 S.Ct. 2728] and its applicability to cases not final on appeal as of the date McCarty was filed. We stress our decision is not meant to be a holding for all seasons resolving all the issues precipitated by McCarty. We only answer the narrow issue before us, concluding (1) the principles enunciated by the Supreme Court which…
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