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23-767 Shirley Crain v. Lisa Crain, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure divorce-decree domestic-relations domestic-relations-exception federal-jurisdiction property-settlement-agreement state-court-decree state-court-interpretation third-party-beneficiary Federal courts do not hear divorce disputes. That is because our system of federalism retains for the states special expertise in domestic matters. Th…