Allen v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining “a party to a child custody hearing that has previously abused a child shall be denied custody unless the court specifically finds that there is no likelihood of further child abuse or neglect by the party” (cleaned up)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Sinica
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1985-08-23· cited 49×
• In re: S.F.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2022-02-03· cited 6×
• In re: S.F.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2021-01-28· cited 1×
• Samiuddin v. Hon. nothwehr/state
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2017-11-02
• Bruce Henry v. Sheriff of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  Eleventh Circuit· 2025-04-23
• In re: K.K.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-06-27

Cites

36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Knights
  Supreme Court· 2001-12-10· cited 1,478×
• State v. Jones
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-02-21· cited 238×
• United States v. Timothy Wolf Child
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-10-23· cited 200×
• United States v. Duane Arthur Myers
  Second Circuit· 2005-09-27· cited 124×
• Charles Farrell Malone v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1974-08-29· cited 119×
• In Re Mark M.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-10-05· cited 96×
• Scott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1965-04-02· cited 88×
• Boswell v. Boswell
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-12-18· cited 67×
• United States v. Lonjose
  Tenth Circuit· 2011-12-28· cited 65×
• United States v. Karl C. Schave
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-08-02· cited 65×
• People v. Caruso
  California Court of Appeal· 1959-10-21· cited 59×
• State v. Letourneau
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-06-08· cited 57×
• State v. Letourneau
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-04-17· cited 57×
• People v. Lewis
  California Court of Appeal· 1978-02-08· cited 51×
• Kaylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-04-26· cited 49×
• United States v. Bear
  Tenth Circuit· 2014-10-31· cited 48×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-04-03· cited 44×
• Harrison-Solomon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2015-03-30· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Lapointe
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-12-11· cited 40×
• Bailey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-08-04· cited 31×