Causin v. Leal

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[t]he court must have information from all sides in order to render a decision in the best interest of a child. This cannot be accomplished if matters are conducted on a default basis with only one side presenting testimony”
• “[W]e reverse that part of the trial court’s final judgment granting the father custody based solely' on a default and remand to the trial court to conduct such proceedings as are necessary to make findings of fact considering the best interest of the child.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).