Gibbons v. Gibbons

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• because “[t]he welfare of these infants is paramount to the rights of any other person[,]” an agreement that makes no provision for the care of the children cannot be binding when it deprives the children of their right to maintenance
• because “[t]he welfare of these infants is paramount to the rights of any other person[,]” an agreement that makes no provision for the care of the children cannot be binding when it deprives the children of their right to maintenance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Quinn v. Hanks
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1951-06-27· cited 40×
• Mack v. Mack
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1919-03-25· cited 21×
• Willers Ex Rel. Powell v. Willers
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1998-12-18· cited 17×
• McKay v. McKay
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1915-07-06· cited 9×
• Hertzen v. Hertzen
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1922-07-18· cited 7×
• Neil v. Neil
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1924-09-16· cited 7×
• In re the Marriage of Matar
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2013-04-18· cited 7×
• In re the Dissolution of the Marriage of Nelson
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1976-11-01· cited 4×
• McLennan v. McLennan
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1918-07-30· cited 2×
• In re the Marriage of Wood
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1991-03-06· cited 2×
• Matar and Harake
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2013-04-18