Butler v. Perry

How courts have described this case

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

• “[I]t is too elementary to be stressed that the welfare of the child is the controlling test in a custody case.”
• material advantages available in the home of one party in a custody dispute, “although important to be considered, are not decisive”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Davis v. Davis
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-05-11· cited 119×
• Fritts v. Krugh
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1958-10-13· cited 96×
• Montgomery County Department of Social Services v. Sanders
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1978-01-10· cited 70×
• Wagner v. Wagner
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-02-06· cited 66×
• Sullivan v. Auslaender
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1971-05-03· cited 38×
• Melton v. Connolly
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1959-02-18· cited 37×
• Marshall v. Stefanides
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1973-04-05· cited 23×
• Ex Parte Frantum
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1957-06-25· cited 21×
• Pastore v. Sharp
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1989-12-29· cited 17×
• In the Matter of the Guardianship of C
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1967-11-20· cited 16×
• Howard v. Gish
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1977-06-13· cited 16×
• Flynn v. May
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2004-06-30· cited 13×
• In Re Jessica M.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-03-10· cited 11×
• Barsallo v. Barsallo
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1973-08-08· cited 11×
• Wilhelm v. Wilhelm
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1957-06-24· cited 11×
• Kirstukas v. Kirstukas
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1972-01-31· cited 8×
• Schaefer v. Cusack
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1998-12-30· cited 7×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• May v. Anderson
  Supreme Court· 1953-05-18· cited 674×
• New York Ex Rel. Halvey v. Halvey
  Supreme Court· 1947-03-31· cited 419×
• Donigan v. Donigan
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1956-01-06· cited 27×
• Roussey v. Roussey
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1956-06-13· cited 20×
• Walker v. Walker
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1956-03-16· cited 6×
• Ramsay v. Thompson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1889-11-14· cited 3×