Donahue v. McKendrick

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the trial court abused its discretion by giving only limited weight to the preference of an intelligent and articulate 12-year-old child
• explaining that unless it is shown that parent’s conduct has had harmful effect on child, that conduct should be given little weight in custody determinations
• explaining that unless it is shown that parent’s conduct has had harmful effect on child, that conduct should be given little weight in custody determinations
• “[T]his Court has made clear that the policy against separation of siblings is only one factor-and not a controlling factor-in the ultimate custody decision.”
• “[T]his Court has made clear that the policy against separation of siblings is only one factor-and not a controlling factor-in the ultimate custody decision.”
• “[With regard to issues of credibility and weight of the evidence, this Court must defer to the trial judge who presided over the proceedings and thus viewed the witnesses first hand.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).