Legal Opinion
In Re Marriage of Milhan
California Supreme Court
Decided July 17, 1980No. L.A. 31191PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BIRD, C. J.
The principal issue in this dissolution action is whether the Supreme Court in Hisquierdo v. Hisquierdo (1979) 439 U.S. 572 [59 L.Ed.2d 1, 99 S.Ct. 802], implicitly held that community property states could not apply their laws in dividing as part of the community a husband’s military pension, insurance policy, and disability pay which he received in lieu of retirement.
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Following his graduation from the United States Naval Academy in 1944, Mr. Milhan married Mrs. Milhan. The Milhans’ marriage was dissolved in 1970, five years after Mr. Milhan retired from the Navy and began…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Hisquierdo v. HisquierdoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of DetroitSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Wetmore v. MarkoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. WareSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Wissner v. WissnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by30 opinions
- McCarty v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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- Ex Parte BursonTexas Supreme Court · 1981
- Davis v. DamrellCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1981
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