D'Anjou v. Deagle

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “the central focus” when considering “matters of custody and visitation” is “the best interests of the children”
• stating that “in the area of custody and visitation, we sacrifice finality and some of our limited judicial resources in order to secure a higher value-the best interests of children”
• “[w]ith respect to matters of custody and visitation, the central focus is not, as appellant suggests, the rights of the parents but is, rather, the best interests of the children
• “The duty owed by the courts to children under the doctrine of parens patriae cannot be severed by agreement of the parties” and res judicata does not apply to these types of child issues
• best interest is central focus in custody matters

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).