Doe v. Doe

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a trial judge cannot assume, without specific proof, that a parent’s homosexuality will adversely affect the child
• holding that a trial judge cannot assume, without specific proof, that a parent’s homosexuality will adversely affect the child
• reversing the termination of a lesbian mother's parental rights because there was no evidence that the mother's sexual conduct was \detrimental to the child's welfare\
• rejecting per se rule of parental unfitness of homosexual parent and finding homosexual conduct 2 another important consideration in determining custody

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Bottoms v. Bottoms
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1995-04-21· cited 93×
• Frye v. Spotte
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-08-04· cited 83×
• Copeland v. Todd
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2011-09-16· cited 78×
• Cappetta v. Cappetta
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-04-23· cited 62×
• Piatt v. Piatt
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-05-26· cited 58×
• America Online, Inc. v. Anonymous Publicly Traded Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-03-02· cited 53×
• Taylor v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-07-21· cited 45×
• Roe v. Roe
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-01-18· cited 30×
• Hickman v. Futty
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-08-19· cited 19×
• In Re Adoption of M.J.S.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-10-05· cited 19×
• Church v. Church
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-04-08· cited 16×
• Todd v. Copeland
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-03-09· cited 10×
• Thomas v. Garraghty
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-11-05· cited 8×
• Bottoms v. Bottoms
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-06-21· cited 8×
• Robinette v. Keene
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-08-05· cited 6×
• Lyle v. Eskridge
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-07-21· cited 6×
• D.B. v. R.B.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1995-02-06· cited 6×
• In Re the Appeal in Pima County Juvenile Action B-10489
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1986-08-11· cited 5×
• In Re: Adoption of M.J.S.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-04-20
• Db v. Rb
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1995-02-06

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bezio v. Patenaude
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-09-22· cited 114×
• Malpass v. Morgan
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-11-27· cited 83×
• Ryan v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-10-06· cited 65×
• Ward v. Faw
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-04-20· cited 44×
• Walker v. Brooks
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1962-03-05· cited 40×
• John Doe and Ann Smith Doe v. Jane Doe, on Behalf of Her Son, Jack Doe
  Fourth Circuit· 1981-09-21· cited 24×
• Cunningham v. Gray
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-01-16· cited 13×