Adams v. Adams

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The underlying principle regarding child support is the legal duty owed by the parents to the child for the child’s maintenance and best interests.” (Emphasis added)
• \The underlying principle regarding child support is the legal duty owed by the parents to the child for the child's maintenance and best interests. \ (Emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

53 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• McGilberry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-06-03· cited 242×
• Bankers Life & Cas. Co. v. Crenshaw
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-09-11· cited 159×
• Caldwell v. Caldwell
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-04-17· cited 117×
• Cox v. Moulds
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-06-04· cited 89×
• McEachern v. McEachern
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-08-12· cited 88×
• Hammett v. Woods
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-05-27· cited 84×
• Clark v. Myrick
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-04-06· cited 76×
• Gillespie v. Gillespie
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-02-12· cited 63×
• Lawrence v. Lawrence
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-01-23· cited 62×
• Powell v. Powell
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-10-20· cited 58×
• Natural Mother v. Paternal Aunt
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-06-19· cited 50×
• Wing v. Wing
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-09-20· cited 47×
• Adoption of D.N.T. v. R.D.H.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-04-24· cited 33×
• Adams v. Adams
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-04· cited 29×
• Evans v. Evans
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-11-20· cited 29×
• Steen v. Steen
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-08-11· cited 28×
• Sumrall v. Munguia
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-04-13· cited 28×
• Howard v. Howard
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2007-11-13· cited 27×
• Amaria Vassar v. David Vassar
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2017-10-17· cited 26×
• Speed v. Speed
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-03-16· cited 21×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Tedford v. Dempsey
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-09-14· cited 168×
• Brabham v. Brabham
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1955-12-19· cited 119×
• Wilson v. Wilson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-02-20· cited 45×
• Hailey v. Holden
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-10-10· cited 33×
• Mooneyham v. Mooneyham
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-10-27· cited 33×
• WR Fairchild Construction Co. v. Owens
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1969-06-09· cited 26×
• McKee v. McKee
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1980-04-02· cited 18×
• Garceau v. Roberts
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-10-18· cited 14×
• Bracey v. Bracey
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-02-03· cited 10×
• Smith v. Smith
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1981-11-11· cited 7×