Albright v. Albright

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

• speaking about the specificity required in issues dealing with child custody
• acknowledging the recent “re- evaluation” and “weakening process” of the doctrine
• enumerating factors to be considered by chancellors when determining child custody
• court may consider numerous factors including the “physical and mental health and age of the parents”
• the polestar consideration in a child custody case is the best interest of the child
• “We reaffirm the rule that the polestar consideration in child custody cases is the best interest and welfare of the child.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ferguson v. Ferguson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-07-07· cited 745×
• Bredemeier v. Jackson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-02-27· cited 232×
• Chamblee v. Chamblee
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-06-02· cited 209×
• Newsom v. Newsom
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-02-14· cited 178×
• Hensarling v. Hensarling
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-06-20· cited 154×
• Johnson v. Gray
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-11-20· cited 146×
• Lowrey v. Lowrey
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2009-11-05· cited 145×
• Smith v. Smith
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-02-18· cited 129×
• Tucker v. Tucker
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-08-15· cited 123×
• Riley v. Doerner
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-06-27· cited 122×
• Sellers v. Sellers
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-06-09· cited 121×
• Lee v. Lee
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-10-31· cited 115×
• Carr v. Carr
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-11-13· cited 96×
• Mabus v. Mabus
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-06-05· cited 95×
• Buchanan v. Buchanan
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 92×
• Hollon v. Hollon
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-05-03· cited 91×
• Powell v. Ayars
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-08-16· cited 87×
• McDermott v. Dougherty
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-03-10· cited 83×
• Ash v. Ash
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-08-26· cited 82×
• Mabus v. Mabus
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-02-13· cited 79×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ex Parte Devine
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1981-03-27· cited 158×
• Cheek v. Ricker
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-06-01· cited 104×
• People ex rel. Watts v. Watts
  NYC Family Court· 1973-08-08· cited 27×
• Buntyn v. Smallwood
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-04-07· cited 26×
• Scott v. Scott
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1954-01-18· cited 18×
• Johns v. Johns
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1879-10-15· cited 18×
• Brown v. Brown
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1959-06-08· cited 16×
• Kennedy v. Kennedy
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1954-12-13· cited 14×
• Bland v. Stoudemire
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1954-01-11· cited 11×
• Sistrunk v. Sistrunk
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-03-15· cited 10×
• Kyzar v. Kyzar
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1963-12-02· cited 6×
• Hodum v. Crumpton
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1976-03-23· cited 4×
• Mitchell v. Mitchell
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1953-06-08· cited 3×

Other cases named Albright v. Albright

16 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Albright v. Albright
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1916-05-01· cited 24×
• Albright v. Albright
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1910-07-01· cited 20×
• Albright v. Albright
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1951-06-16· cited 11×
• Albright v. Albright
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1910-07-01· cited 4×
• Albright v. Albright
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1985-05-01· cited 3×
• Albright v. Albright
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1998-06-02· cited 2×
• Albright v. . Albright
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1872-06-05· cited 1×
• Albright v. Albright
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1977-11-30· cited 1×
• Albright v. Albright
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-07-11· cited 1×
• Albright v. Albright
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2016-03-04
• Albright v. Albright
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2016-04-08
• Albright v. Albright
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1995-04-11
• Albright v. Albright
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1996-10-22
• Albright v. Albright
  NYC Family Court· 1973-09-28
• Albright v. Albright
  Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas· 1889-10-07
• Albright v. Albright
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1927-05-25