Index: jquery.validate-1.2.1.js
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RCS file: jquery.validate-1.2.1.js,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 jquery.validate-1.2.1.js
--- jquery.validate-1.2.1.js	24 Feb 2008 16:40:29 -0000	1.1
+++ jquery.validate-1.2.1.js	7 Mar 2008 17:01:52 -0000
@@ -407,12 +407,14 @@
 			element = this.clean( element );
 			this.settings.unhighlight && this.settings.unhighlight.call( this, element, this.settings.errorClass );
 			var rules = jQuery(element).rules();
+			var containsDependencyMismatch = false;
 			for( var i = 0; rules[i]; i++) {
 				var rule = rules[i];
 				try {
 					var result = jQuery.validator.methods[rule.method].call( this, jQuery.trim(element.value), element, rule.parameters );
-					if ( result == "dependency-mismatch" )
-						return;
+					if ( result == "dependency-mismatch" ) {
+						containsDependencyMismatch = true;
+					}
 					if ( result == "pending" ) {
 						this.toHide = this.toHide.not( this.errorsFor(element) );
 						return;
@@ -427,6 +429,8 @@
 					throw e;
 				}
 			}
+			if ( containsDependencyMismatch ) 
+				return;
 			if ( rules.length )
 				this.successList.push(element);
 			return true;