Brown v. Brown

How courts have described this case

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

• testimony of adverse effect on children from mother’s open adulterous relationship; custody transferred to father
• testimony of adverse effect on children from mother's open adulterous relationship; custody transferred to father
• “It is within common knowledge and experience that a child learns by example, especially from his parents. Such utter disregard for moral guidance and social standards can have but ill effect upon the young [child].” (internal quotations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Logan v. Fairfax County Department of Human Development
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-09-17· cited 956×
• Farley v. Farley
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-01-23· cited 637×
• Gallo v. Gallo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1981-05-05· cited 147×
• Venable v. Venable
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-04-15· cited 140×
• Keel v. Keel
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 123×
• Jarrett v. Jarrett
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-12-20· cited 98×
• Bottoms v. Bottoms
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1995-04-21· cited 93×
• Philip Surles v. Kristan Mayer and Marty Cullen, Jr.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-04-25· cited 72×
• Piatt v. Piatt
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-05-26· cited 58×
• Simmons v. Simmons
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-01-21· cited 52×
• Verrocchio v. Verrocchio
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-04-27· cited 52×
• Akers v. Fauquier County Department of Social Services
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-11-09· cited 45×
• Sutherland v. Sutherland
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-03-03· cited 37×
• Richmond Department of Social Services v. Crawley
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-01-31· cited 33×
• Roe v. Roe
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-01-18· cited 30×
• Jones v. Haraway
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1988-11-30· cited 20×
• Jeffery Harvey and Teresa Harvey v. David Flockhart and Rhonalee Flockhart
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-08-11· cited 18×
• Dooley v. Dooley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-06-12· cited 17×
• Ferguson v. Grubb
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-01-14· cited 15×
• Brinkley v. Brinkley
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1985-11-19· cited 12×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• L. H. Y. v. J. M. Y.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1976-03-23· cited 55×
• Beck v. Beck
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1977-01-10· cited 20×
• In re Marriage of J_ H_ M

  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1976-10-19· cited 18×
• Denton v. Meshell
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1976-07-07· cited 2×