Henry v. Henry

How courts have described this case

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

• adopting D’Onofrio: the proper test “focuses on what is in the best interest of the new family unit, i.e., custodial parent and child, and not what is in the best interest of the child; the latter having been decided in the earlier custody hearings”
• out of state custody disputes now subject to Uniform Child Custody Act, thereby obviating central reason for denying removal in the past
• out of state custody disputes now subject to Uniform Child Custody Act, thereby obviating central reason for denying removal in the past
• Court stated test for relocation is best interests of new family unit; “arbitrary imposition of the ‘best interests of the child’ test in all matters concerning children is illogical at best and cruelly insensitive at worst.”
• Court stated test for relocation is best interests of new family unit; \arbitrary imposition of the 'best interests of the child' test in all matters concerning children is illogical at best and cruelly insensitive at worst.\
• Court stated test for relocation is best interests of new family unit; Aarbitrary imposition of the >best interests of the child= test in all matters concerning children is illogical at best and cruelly insensitive at worst.@

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Echols v. Olivarez
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2002-08-30· cited 213×
• Taylor v. Taylor
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-02-22· cited 157×
• Brown v. Loveman
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2004-05-14· cited 96×
• Brecht v. Hendry
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2012-07-24· cited 62×
• Love v. Love
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1993-05-07· cited 59×
• Lane v. Schenck
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1992-05-22· cited 53×
• Costa v. Costa
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-03-30· cited 23×
• Anderson v. Anderson
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1988-07-20· cited 21×
• Bielawski v. Bielawski
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1984-09-17· cited 15×
• Scott v. Scott
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1983-03-22· cited 13×
• Dehring v. Dehring
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1997-02-25· cited 11×
• Dick v. Dick
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1985-12-03· cited 11×
• Weldon Echols, Jr. v. Susanna Olivarez
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2002-08-30
• Erica Rhae Moote v. Dustin Edward Moote
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2019-08-27

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• D'Onofrio v. D'Onofrio
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1976-09-01· cited 180×
• Hutchins v. Hutchins
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1978-06-19· cited 21×
• Watters v. Watters
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1981-12-16· cited 15×