Carrere v. Prunty

How courts have described this case

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

• when mother originally had custody of child by divorce decree, we denied natural father custody of the child in an action against maternal grandmother who was appointed the child’s guardian after the death of the mother
• when mother originally had custody of child by divorce decree, we denied natural father custody of the child in an action against maternal grandmother who was appointed the child's guardian after the death of the mother
• \[Statutes] giving preference to parents in custody cases do not provide for an absolute right in the parent but only a presumptive right which must give way where it has been relinquished or where the welfare and best interest of the child call for other custody.\
• “[Statutes] giving preference to parents in custody cases[ ] do not provide for an absolute right in the parent but only a presumptive right which must give way where it has been relinquished or where the welfare and best interest of the child call for other custody.”
• “[Statutes] giving preference to parents in custody cases do not provide for an absolute right in the parent but only a presumptive right which must give way where it has been relinquished or where the welfare and best interest of the child call for other custody.”
• “[Statutes] giving preference to parents in custody cases do not provide for an absolute right in the parent but only a presumptive right which must give way where it has been relinquished or where the welfare and best interest of the child call for other custody.”

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Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Long v. Long
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1972-06-20· cited 81×
• Painter v. Bannister
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1966-02-08· cited 59×
• Halstead Ex Rel. Lee v. Halstead
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1966-09-20· cited 54×
• In Re Guardianship & Conservatorship of Ankeney
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-01-16· cited 36×
• Matter of Guardianship of Stewart
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-06-19· cited 33×
• Doan Thi Hoang Anh v. Nelson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-09-22· cited 31×
• In Re Guardianship of Knell
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-09-20· cited 24×
• In Re the Guardianship of Roach
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2009-12-30· cited 13×
• In Re Burns, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1965-11-03· cited 8×
• Kouris Ex Rel. Wynn v. Lunn
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1965-07-29· cited 8×
• Childers Ex Rel. Childers v. Childres
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1965-06-30· cited 8×
• Lamar Ex Rel. Stensland v. Zimmerman
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1969-07-24· cited 7×
• Knell v. Schrieyer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-09-20· cited 1×
• Kevin Kham Fongnaly v. Vienqrhone Vickie Fongnaly - Dissenting
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2006-09-27
• In the Matter of the Guardianship of H.M.s, a Minor Child, Jarrod Swallow, Nathan and Michelle Baughan, Guardians-Appellees.
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2016-03-23
• In Re the Matter of the Guardianship of M.E., Camille Person F/K/A Camille Koehn v. Marie Elg and Steven Elg
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2017-06-07

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Helton v. Crawley
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1950-02-07· cited 56×
• Stillmunkes Ex Rel. Stillmunkes v. Stillmunkes
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1954-07-26· cited 33×
• Huston v. Huston
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1963-07-16· cited 32×
• Vanden Heuvel Ex Rel. Vanden Heuvel v. Vanden Heuvel
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1963-04-09· cited 30×
• Finken Ex Rel. Finken v. Porter
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1955-10-18· cited 30×
• In Re Plucar's Guardianship
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1955-10-18· cited 21×