Ex Parte Terry

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that in a custody dispute between a parent and a nonparent the parent is entitled to custody unless he or she is shown to be unfit
• recognizing strong presumption in favor of parent's right to custody absent misconduct or neglect which renders the parent unfit
• recognizing strong presumption in favor of parent’s right to custody absent misconduct or neglect which renders the parent unfit
• parent has prima facie right to child custody absent showing of a forfeiture of parental rights or a finding of unfitness
• biological parent’s prima facie right to child custody may be overcome only by forfeiture of parental rights or unfitness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ex Parte Perkins
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1994-06-17· cited 279×
• Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-25· cited 164×
• Clark v. Wade
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-02-16· cited 131×
• Charles v. Stehlik
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-19· cited 83×
• Kb v. Cleburne County Dept. of Human Res.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2004-10-01· cited 67×
• R.S.C. v. J.B.C.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2001-08-31· cited 64×
• Ex Parte J.P.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1994-02-25· cited 61×
• L.B.S. v. L.M.S.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2002-01-29· cited 60×
• In Re Guardianship of Williams
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1994-03-04· cited 59×
• J.S.M. v. P.J.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2004-12-03· cited 55×
• R.K. v. R.J.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2002-09-06· cited 49×
• E.H.G. v. E.R.G.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2011-06-10· cited 45×
• C.P. v. M.K.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1994-02-11· cited 42×
• Ex Parte S.T.S.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-05-11· cited 42×
• Patrick v. Williams
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2006-08-04· cited 41×
• Stuhr v. Stuhr
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1992-03-13· cited 40×
• T.B. v. T.H.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2009-04-17· cited 40×
• M.M.S. v. D.W.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1999-05-07· cited 40×
• S.B.U. v. D.G.B.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2005-05-13· cited 40×
• K.C.G. v. S.J.R.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2010-03-26· cited 39×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ex Parte McLendon
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-07-06· cited 939×
• Ex Parte Mathews
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1983-02-25· cited 118×
• Ex Parte Berryhill
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1982-01-22· cited 100×
• Ex Parte Sullivan
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1981-09-18· cited 97×
• Griggs v. Barnes
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1955-03-24· cited 64×
• Striplin v. Ware
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1860-01-15· cited 63×
• Willette v. Bannister
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1977-10-26· cited 23×
• Ely v. Casteel
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1977-01-12· cited 22×
• Pendergrass v. Watkins
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1980-04-09· cited 18×
• Lewis v. Douglass
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1983-08-10· cited 18×
• McLendon v. McLendon
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1984-02-01· cited 16×
• Massey v. Massey
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1981-11-12· cited 15×
• Chandler v. Manning
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1982-03-17· cited 14×
• Lightfoot v. Bylsma
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1982-03-31· cited 11×
• Sasser v. Thompson
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1984-10-03· cited 9×
• Berryhill v. Berryhill
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1982-02-17· cited 4×