Gates v. Gates

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that modification of a decision-making arrangement has lower threshold requirement for showing changed circumstances than change of custody
• noting that parties had been able to effectively cooperate on several major issues, including religious, educational and medical matters, despite disagreement on others
• finding that parents’ toxic relationship warranted change in communication method rather than change in legal rights and responsibilities
• explaining that if court finds no change of circumstances, “court may dismiss the motion without reaching the merits of the action” and addressing factors regarding children’s best interests
• explaining that trial court has discretion in deciding whether a change of circumstances exists
• reiterating that whether required change has occurred is in court’s discretion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lamell Lumber Corp. v. Newstress International, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2007-08-31· cited 53×
• Team Design v. Gottlieb
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-07-18· cited 52×
• Lamell Lumber Corp. v. NEWSTRESS INTERN.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2007-08-31· cited 41×
• DeLeonardis v. Page
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2010-06-04· cited 32×
• Electric Man, Inc. v. Charos
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2006-02-10· cited 32×
• Maurer v. Maurer
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2005-02-22· cited 31×
• Glassford v. BrickKicker and GDM Home Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2011-11-04· cited 29×
• Spaulding v. Butler
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-08-31· cited 23×
• Meyer v. Meyer
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-11-09· cited 22×
• Harris v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1998-05-08· cited 20×
• Fournier v. Fournier
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-07-12· cited 13×
• Pigeon v. Pigeon
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-09-26· cited 12×
• Heidi Corcoran Wener v. Erik Wener
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2016-09-16· cited 10×
• Jason C. Barrows v. Jessica Easton
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2020-01-17· cited 7×
• Gabriel v. Pritchard
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-09-26· cited 6×
• Adamson v. Dodge
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2006-08-24· cited 6×
• Jennifer Fabiano v. Mary B. Cotton
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2020-09-25· cited 5×
• Jody LaFlam v. Diana LaFlam
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2022-11-04· cited 2×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.
  Supreme Court· 1960-06-20· cited 5,791×
• Tracer Research Corp. v. National Environmental Services Company, Doing Business as Nesco Lab One Analytical, Inc. Eddy Paterson Albert McCutchan
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-12-19· cited 128×
• Thorgaard Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc. v. County of King
  Washington Supreme Court· 1967-04-20· cited 81×
• DeBeaumont v. Goodrich
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-05-27· cited 57×
• Cleverly v. Cleverly
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-04-14· cited 42×
• Gazo v. Gazo
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-05-23· cited 40×
• Kilduff v. Willey
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1988-11-23· cited 31×
• Wells v. Wells
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1988-05-06· cited 25×
• Loeb v. Loeb
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1958-09-02· cited 25×
• In re J.R.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-10-20· cited 25×
• In re D.B.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-12-10· cited 24×
• Cleverly v. Cleverly
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1986-06-20· cited 22×
• Gerety v. Gerety
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1973-06-05· cited 19×
• Hayes v. Hayes
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1984-04-20· cited 17×
• Pill v. Pill
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-06-15· cited 16×
• Allred v. Educators Mutual Insurance Ass'n of Utah
  Utah Supreme Court· 1996-01-12· cited 16×
• Guiseppi Appeal
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-12-09· cited 13×
• Nichols v. Nichols
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1976-06-01· cited 11×
• Breznick v. Breznick
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1968-02-06· cited 9×
• Boone v. Boone
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1975-04-01· cited 3×