F.M., Mother v. N.B., Father

How courts have described this case

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

• noting a trial court abuses its discretion in denying a motion for continuance when the moving party demonstrates good cause for granting the motion
• finding a trial court abuses its discretion in denying a request for a continuance if good cause has been shown
• reversing trial court’s denial of mother’s motion to continue after her counsel withdrew his appearance at the commencement of a contested custody hearing in violation of Trial Rule 3.1(H) and local rules
• “The decision to grant or deny a motion for a continuance is within the sound discretion of the trial court.”
• “No abuse of discretion will be found when the moving party has not shown that he was prejudiced by the denial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).