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In Re the Marriage of Mahalingam

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided August 31, 1978No. 2168-3PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Munson, C.J. —

Dr. R. Mahalingam, petitioner, appeals the child custody, support and attorney's fees provisions of a dissolution decree. We affirm.

The parties were married in 1967. In February of 1975, after a fairly tumultuous relationship, they entered into a separation agreement, which, among other things, gave petitioner custody of their only child. A default decree of legal separation was entered May 15, 1975. In December, the petitioner unsuccessfully moved ex parte to transform the legal separation decree into one of dissolution. The matter was continued by the court so that respondent…

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2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Loveless v. YantisWashington Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Kellerher v. PorterWashington Supreme Court · 1948
  3. In Re the Marriage of HadleyWashington Supreme Court · 1977
  4. State v. HoffmanWashington Supreme Court · 1964
  5. Di Tolvo v. Di TolvoNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1974

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3Cited by27 opinions

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