Legal Opinion
In Re the Marriage of Wellman
Montana Supreme Court
Decided May 7, 1993No. 91-425PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
This is an appeal from an order of the Ninth Judicial District Court, Glacier County, dismissing an action for equitable apportionment of a marital estate for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.
Ramona Mae Wellman (Ramona) and Robert W. Wellman (Robert) were married in Cardston, Alberta, in November 1951 and lived for the duration of their marriage on the Blackfeet Reservation near Browning, Montana. Ramona is a member of the Blackfeet Tribe; Robert is not an Indian. They have six children, all born before 1960. The parties accumulated substantial real and personal property during…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Fisher v. District Court of the Sixteenth Judicial District of MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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