Brito v. Brito

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming grant of custody to father although child resided with aunt
• “[I]n a custody contest between a parent and a non-parent who has no legal right to custody, the natural parent has preference over a non-parent.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rhinehart v. Nowlin
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1990-12-18· cited 56×
• Chatterjee v. King
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2012-06-01· cited 55×
• Vest v. State Ex Rel. New Mexico Human Services Department
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1993-11-29· cited 51×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Tome Land & Improvement Co. v. Silva
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1972-01-21· cited 54×
• Shorty v. Scott
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1975-06-04· cited 40×
• Fitzsimmons v. Fitzsimmons
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1986-03-18· cited 29×
• State ex rel. Human Services Department
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1988-11-03· cited 29×
• Bell v. Odil
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1956-01-05· cited 12×
• Creusere v. Creusere
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1982-10-18· cited 10×
• Greene v. French
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1982-02-04· cited 8×
• Porch v. Porch
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-04· cited 7×