Farmer v. Farmer

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that \the general rule appears to be that race is simply one factor among many others which should be considered in determining what is in the child's best interest\
• stating that “the general rule appears to be that race is simply one factor among many others which should be considered in determining what is in the child’s best interest”
• stating that \the general rule appears to be that race is simply one factor among many others which should be considered in determining what is in the child's best interest\
• awarding custody of biracial child to white mother instead of black father
• extensive expert testimony received in case which, while not in complete accord, expressed views shared by many psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers regarding disadvantages of placing children with families of different racial composition, and advantages of \racial matching\
• extensive expert testimony received in case which, while not in complete accord, expressed views shared by many psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers regarding disadvantages of placing children with families of different racial composition, and advantages of “racial matching”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Davis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-19· cited 75×
• Petition of RMG
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-12-29· cited 32×
• Davis v. Davis
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1997-06-19· cited 15×
• In Re Marriage of Gambla and Woodson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-07-31· cited 7×
• Leora F. v. Sofia D.
  NYC Family Court· 1995-10-24· cited 3×
• Ebirim v. Ebirim
  Nebraska Court of Appeals· 2000-11-07· cited 2×
• Appeal of Miller v. Berks County Children & Youth Services
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-19· cited 1×
• In re Marriage of Gambla
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-07-31

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Nehra v. Uhlar
  New York Court of Appeals· 1977-12-15· cited 204×
• People ex rel. Portnoy v. Strasser
  New York Court of Appeals· 1952-03-13· cited 106×
• Raysor v. Gabbey
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1977-05-27· cited 29×
• In Re Adoption of a Minor
  D.C. Circuit· 1955-07-07· cited 22×
• Compos v. McKeithen
  E.D. Louisiana· 1972-03-24· cited 14×
• Edel v. Edel
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1980-04-24· cited 10×
• In Re the Marriage of Kramer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1980-10-15· cited 9×
• In re B.
  NYC Family Court· 1977-02-08· cited 3×
• Rockefeller v. Nickerson
  New York Supreme Court· 1962-11-06· cited 1×
• Drummond v. Fulton County Department of Family & Children's Services
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-19· cited 1×