Higgins v. Higgins’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
June 2018
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schweiger v. China Doll Restaurant, Inc. · 45 Cal. 2d 872 - Sefton v. Sefton · Parks v. American Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa. · Smith v. Smith · Hodges v. Hodges
Most-quoted passages
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“the absence of specific findings does not render the decree void”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Cotter
How this case has been treated — in progress
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