Flint v. Fortson

How courts have described this case

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

• denying relocation where it would so drastically curtail the father's active, ongoing participation in his daughters' lives that, in conjunction with other factors, the move was not in the best interest of the children
• “Even where specific findings are not mandatory, they are always desirable and ‘helpful to reviewing courts.’ ”
• “[W]hat is critical for a reviewing court is that a final judgment reflect the trial judge's independent decision on the issues of a case, not that the judge used words drafted by one of the parties to express that decision.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).