Legal Opinion

Abulqasim v. Mahmoud

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided August 9, 2012No. 08-FM-228PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUIZ, Senior Judge:

Tarik A. Abulqasim1 challenges the award of absolute divorce from Hadia K. Mahmoud, appellee, and distribution of marital property granted by the Superior Court. On appeal, he argues that the trial court (1) lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over the matter because neither party had been a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia for at least six months prior to appellant’s filing of the divorce action; (2) abused discretion in admitting hearsay testimony regarding an email, not introduced into evidence, that alleged appellant was having an extramarital affair; and…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. District of Columbia v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. King v. KiddDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. Murphy v. McCloudDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
  5. Meyers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. WILLIAM H. DUPREE v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS and DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE APPEALSDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2016
  2. Bartholomew v. District of Columbia Office of Tax & RevenueDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2013
  3. Maryam Ashrafi v. Leonardo D. FernandezDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2018
  4. Gosbee v. GosbeeSupreme Court of Vermont · 2015
  5. Gosbee v. GosbeeSupreme Court of Vermont · 2015

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