Epperson v. Epperson

How courts have described this case

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

• preference of normal and intelligent boys of ages sixteen and twelve to live with their father is not absolutely controlling but should be given considerable weight as between parents of relatively equal fitness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Haliburton v. Singletary
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-01-09· cited 42×
• Foster v. Sharpe
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1959-09-08· cited 17×
• Markham v. Markham
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-02-20· cited 17×
• City of Miami Beach v. Chadderton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-01-21· cited 13×
• REED BY & THROUGH LAWRENCE v. Bowen
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-10-24· cited 13×
• Klein v. Klein
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1967-11-21· cited 12×
• Reinhart v. Reinhart
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-03-07· cited 11×
• Goldstein v. Goldstein
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-05-30· cited 10×
• Johnson v. Johnson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1959-09-03· cited 9×
• Bailey v. Bailey
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1967-11-28· cited 8×
• State v. Gary
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-11-19· cited 8×
• Gaber v. Gaber
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-01-03· cited 6×
• Pratt v. Gerber
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-04-13· cited 6×
• Pendarvis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1959-09-01· cited 6×
• Taylor v. Schilt
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-03-01· cited 4×
• Kirkham v. Kirkham
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-07-09· cited 4×
• Hood v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-06-16· cited 3×
• Warren v. Warren
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-01-02· cited 3×
• State ex rel. Wesley Construction Co. v. O'Connell
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-06-07· cited 2×
• Montgomery v. Montgomery
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1962-06-13· cited 1×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State Ex Rel. Sparks v. Reeves
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1957-09-18· cited 67×
• Groover v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1956-05-25· cited 60×
• Cone v. Cone
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1953-01-30· cited 59×
• Payne v. Superior Court for Providence County
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1951-04-20· cited 38×
• Payne v. Superior Court
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1951-07-20· cited 12×
• Giles v. Giles
  Lake County Circuit Court· 1954-08-25· cited 1×