Pappas v. Pappas’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
3
states following
August 2006
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Johnson · Johnson v. Johnson · Johnson v. Herrin Ex Rel. Last Will & Testament of Adams · Anderson v. Anderson · Berry v. Berry
Most-quoted passages
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“[The wife] did testify that she used the silver for family purposes on special occasions and holidays. This alone does not prove that she intended the silver to become marital property. By its very nature, a silver service is something that will be used by the whole family, not one person. Using it in the normal fashion is not in itself evidence of an intent to make it marital property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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