Ford v. Ford

How courts have described this case

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

• holding South Carolina not bound by Virginia court’s order of dismissal after being informed of an agreement regarding custody, because Virginia law did not require that courts would be bound by agreements between parents with respect to custody of their children
• “Unfortunately experience has shown that the question of custody so vital to a child’s happiness and well-being, frequently cannot be left to the discretion of parents”
• “In Virginia, the parents cannot make agreements which will bind courts to decide a custody case one way or the other.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Preiser v. Rodriguez
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-07· cited 9,100×
• Jones v. Cunningham
  Supreme Court· 1963-01-14· cited 1,503×
• Peyton v. Rowe
  Supreme Court· 1968-10-14· cited 902×
• Thompson v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1988-01-12· cited 671×
• Lehman Ex Rel. Lehman v. Lycoming County Children's Services Agency
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-30· cited 469×
• Lloyd v. Crawford, III v. Jack A. Roane
  Sixth Circuit· 1995-11-06· cited 242×
• Verone Marin Fehlhaber, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Robert F. Fehlhaber, Defendant-Appellant-Cross
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-08-06· cited 149×
• Williams v. Patton
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-02-05· cited 126×
• David A. Thompson v. Susan A. Thompson, AKA Susan A. Clay
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-09-10· cited 106×
• J.M.W. v. T.I.Z.
  Utah Supreme Court· 2011-07-19· cited 105×
• Wright MacHine Corp. v. Seaman-Andwall Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-03-01· cited 77×
• William H. Hernstadt v. Sharon S. Hernstadt
  Second Circuit· 1967-02-15· cited 72×
• Betty Braaten Flood v. Gerald C. Braaten
  Third Circuit· 1984-02-16· cited 64×
• E. E. B. v. D. A.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1982-06-21· cited 56×
• Rourke v. Amchem Products, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-12-14· cited 55×
• United States ex rel. Hickey v. Jeffes
  Third Circuit· 1978-02-13· cited 53×
• Verrocchio v. Verrocchio
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-04-27· cited 52×
• Middleton v. Middleton
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-03-09· cited 48×
• Trader v. Dear
  Texas Supreme Court· 1978-04-26· cited 48×
• Ann C. Meade v. Frank O. Meade
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-03-03· cited 42×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• New York Ex Rel. Halvey v. Halvey
  Supreme Court· 1947-03-31· cited 419×
• Kovacs v. Brewer
  Supreme Court· 1958-05-26· cited 132×
• Gloth v. Gloth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1930-06-12· cited 87×
• Mullen v. Mullen
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1948-09-08· cited 81×
• Buchanan v. Buchanan
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1938-03-10· cited 53×
• Darnell v. Barker
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1942-01-19· cited 36×
• Virginia Concrete Co. v. Board of Supervisors
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1956-03-05· cited 35×
• Bardach Iron & Steel Co. v. Tenenbaum
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1923-06-14· cited 22×
• Andrews v. Geyer
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1958-09-10· cited 18×
• Collins v. Collins
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1945-01-15· cited 9×
• Murden v. Wilbert
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-04-25· cited 7×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1961-11-15· cited 6×
• Semmes v. Semmes
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1959-06-22· cited 6×
• Hinton v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1923-11-15· cited 5×

Other cases named Ford v. Ford

140 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2002-01-31· cited 94×
• Ford v. Ford
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1996-11-19· cited 71×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1988-09-27· cited 57×
• Ford v. Ford
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2019-05-10· cited 57×
• Ford v. Ford
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1887-02-24· cited 47×
• Ford v. Ford
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-07-25· cited 39×
• Ford v. Ford
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-08-30· cited 29×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1963-05-06· cited 27×
• Ford v. Ford
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-29· cited 25×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1975-03-13· cited 25×
• Ford v. Ford
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2002-02-12· cited 21×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1981-05-18· cited 20×
• Ford v. Ford
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2003-04-25· cited 20×
• Ford v. Ford
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1989-11-27· cited 19×
• Ford v. Ford
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1974-03-28· cited 19×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1959-03-16· cited 19×
• Ford v. Ford
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1890-04-11· cited 19×
• Ford v. Ford
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1910-02-09· cited 18×
• Ford v. Ford
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1887-03-10· cited 17×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1942-06-12· cited 16×
• Ford v. Ford
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1917-07-13· cited 16×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-12-04· cited 15×
• Ford v. Ford
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-09-03· cited 13×
• Ford v. Ford
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1990-02-14· cited 13×
• Ford v. Ford
  New York Supreme Court· 1868-06-02· cited 13×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1911-10-23· cited 13×
• Ford v. Ford
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1999-04-06· cited 13×
• Ford v. Ford
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-06-02· cited 12×
• Ford v. Ford
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1985-01-04· cited 12×
• Ford v. Ford
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1870-03-15· cited 12×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1830-04-15· cited 12×
• Ford v. Ford
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-03-14· cited 11×
• Ford v. Ford
  California Court of Appeal· 1969-09-03· cited 11×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1918-04-04· cited 10×
• Ford v. Ford
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1985-05-02· cited 9×
• Ford v. Ford
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2008-08-08· cited 9×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1972-07-24· cited 9×
• Ford v. Ford
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1929-06-11· cited 9×
• Ford v. Ford
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-12-11· cited 8×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1842-06-15· cited 8×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-05-30· cited 7×
• Ford v. Ford
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1974-11-06· cited 7×
• Ford v. Ford
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1982-01-27· cited 6×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1961-11-15· cited 6×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1965-04-06· cited 6×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-10-17· cited 6×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1916-11-17· cited 6×
• Ford v. Ford
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1852-04-15· cited 6×
• Ford v. Ford
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1980-09-24· cited 6×
• Ford v. Ford
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1973-03-06· cited 5×