Hughes v. Gentry

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the threshold requirement for materially changed circumstances “provide[s] stability in the life of the child whose custody is the subject of the conflict between the parents”
• affirming a transfer of custody because it was in the best interests of the child, where child - 11 - \was happier and better able to relate\ to the parties when living with mother
• affirming a transfer of custody because it was in the best interests of the child, where child - 11 - \was happier and better able to relate\ to the parties when living with mother

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Thomas C. Shooltz v. Jane Hoffman Shooltz
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-04-28· cited 121×
• Philip Surles v. Kristan Mayer and Marty Cullen, Jr.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-04-25· cited 72×
• Parish v. Spaulding
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-02-17· cited 59×
• Cloutier v. Queen
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-05-08· cited 52×
• Vissicchio v. Vissicchio
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-04-28· cited 52×
• Lee Trey Bostick v. Shannon T. Bostick-Bennett
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-11-26· cited 47×
• Sullivan v. Knick
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-08-27· cited 43×
• Douglas v. Hammett
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-12-01· cited 41×
• Parish v. Spaulding
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-02-26· cited 40×
• Wheeler v. Wheeler
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-01-20· cited 39×
• Goodhand v. Kildoo
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-03-05· cited 27×
• Sullivan v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-04-13· cited 26×
• Barton v. Barton
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-12-21· cited 18×
• Green v. Richmond Department of Social Services
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-06-26· cited 9×
• Fauquier County Department of Social Services v. Robinson
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-04-04· cited 7×
• FAUQUIER CO. DEPT. SOC. SERV. v. Robinson
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-04-04· cited 3×
• Philip Surles v. Kristan Mayer
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-04-25
• Donald Douglas v. Bonnie Hammell, f/k/a B. Douglas
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-12-01
• Jane Hoffman Shooltz v. Thomas C. Shooltz
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-04-28
• Adam Christopher Armstrong v. Kristy Marie Armstrong
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-11-12

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Peple v. Peple
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-01-19· cited 204×
• Woolley v. Woolley
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-10-21· cited 198×
• Venable v. Venable
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-04-15· cited 140×
• Keel v. Keel
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 123×
• Morris v. Morris
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-10-21· cited 80×
• Holmes v. Holmes
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-01-04· cited 71×
• Visikides v. Derr
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-09-02· cited 67×
• Simmons v. Simmons
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-01-21· cited 52×
• In Re the Marriage of Jones
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1981-08-26· cited 48×
• Gray v. Gray
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-01-18· cited 46×
• Amburn v. Amburn
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-02-25· cited 46×
• D'Auria v. D'Auria
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-02-18· cited 44×
• Wilson v. Wilson
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-08-27· cited 44×
• Scinaldi v. Scinaldi
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-08-05· cited 35×
• Hepler v. Hepler
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-01-25· cited 34×
• Smith v. Pond
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-10-06· cited 26×
• Turner v. Turner
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-09-02· cited 24×
• Carpenter v. Carpenter
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 22×
• Brown v. Brown
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-02-10· cited 7×
• In Re the Marriage of Kurth
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1989-02-23· cited 7×