Ex Parte Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• \[A]n existing custody arrangement will be modified only if the modification materially promotes the best interests and welfare of the child.\
• the parties had been awarded joint custody, but the mother was designated as having \primary custody\
• the parties had been awarded joint custody, but the mother was designated as having \primary custody\
• in a child-custody proceeding, the dominant concern must be the best interests of the child or children involved
• where the trial court improperly applies the Couch standard instead of the McLendon standard, this court is permitted to apply the McLendon standard to the evidence contained in the record

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ex Parte Fann
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-07-13· cited 234×
• Malone v. Gainey
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1999-01-15· cited 52×
• Ex Parte Blackstock
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2009-09-11· cited 37×
• Covington v. Covington
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1996-01-12· cited 36×
• Ex Parte Cleghorn
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2008-02-08· cited 33×
• Nelson v. Landis
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1998-02-13· cited 32×
• Morgan v. Morgan
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2007-03-16· cited 31×
• Rich v. Rich
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2004-01-23· cited 25×
• J.H.F. v. P.S.F.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2002-05-17· cited 24×
• West v. Rambo
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2000-12-29· cited 23×
• Korn v. Korn
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2003-01-24· cited 18×
• McGill v. McGill
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2004-02-13· cited 16×
• Jett v. Carter
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1999-12-30· cited 16×
• Bryant v. Flagstar Enterprises, Inc.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1998-05-15· cited 15×
• Ex Parte Monroe
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1999-01-08· cited 14×
• New v. McCullar
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2006-06-30· cited 13×
• E.F.B. v. L.S.T.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2014-02-28· cited 13×
• Griffin v. Griffin
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2014-07-11· cited 13×
• Hoplamazian v. Hoplamazian
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1999-04-09· cited 11×
• Marsh v. Smith
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2011-01-21· cited 11×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ex Parte McLendon
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-07-06· cited 939×
• Ex Parte Couch
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1988-02-26· cited 231×
• McAlister v. Deatherage
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1988-04-01· cited 30×
• Continental Grain Co., Inc. v. Beasley
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1993-07-16· cited 25×
• Berrey v. Berrey
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1993-02-26· cited 13×
• Ares v. Martinez
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1991-10-04· cited 7×
• Breedlove v. Breedlove
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1994-08-26· cited 3×