Chapman v. Goodman

How courts have described this case

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

• “[t]he cardinal concern in all custody proceedings is the best interest and permanent welfare of the child.”
• “Although the sole issue in any custody proceeding, whether between two parents or between a natural parent and a third party, is the best interest of the child, in a proceeding involving a parent and a third person, ‘the evidentiary scale is tipped, and tipped hard, to the parents’ side’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).