Legal Opinion

Schlaefer v. Schlaefer

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided February 5, 1940No. 7277PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.

Appellant secured a limited divorce from her husband, the individual appellee, in the District of Columbia November 2, 1934, when both parties were domiciled in the District. The decree required him to pay her $60 per month permanent alimony. Before, it was entered he secured a Mexican divorce, characterized by appellant, as a “mail order” one. Shortly thereafter he married another woman. He left the District December 20, 1934, as lie claims with the intention of residing elsewhere permanently.

July 29, 1938, appellant filed her petition herein. She claimed that…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Hess v. PawloskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  2. Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. Harris v. BalkSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  4. Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  5. Leon v. GalceranSupreme Court of the United States · 1871

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3Cited by56 opinions

  1. Wissner v. WissnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Cartledge v. MillerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
  3. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. MerryCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  4. Blank v. BitkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
  5. Wise v. HerzogCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940

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