In Re Mays-Hooper

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the grandparents’ visitation request should have been denied because there was no evidence that (1) the child’s mother was unfit, (2) the child’s health or emotional well-being would suffer if the court deferred to her decisions, and (3
• finding that the trial court abused its discretion in awarding grandparent visitation in part because there was “no evidence that the [child]’s health or emotional well-being would suffer if the court deferred to [the mother’s] decisions”
• finding that the trial court abused its discretion in awarding grandparent visitation in part because there was \no evidence that the [child]'s health or emotional well-being would suffer if the court deferred to [the mother's] decisions\
• avoiding determination of which standard applied and concluding “because the facts here are virtually the same [as in Troxel], the judgment must be the same too”
• avoiding determination of which standard applied and concluding “because the facts here are virtually the same [as in Troxel], the judgment must be the same too”
• “[S]o long as a parent adequately cares for his or her children (i.e., is fit), there will normally be no reason for the State to inject itself into the private realm of the family.” (quoting Troxel, 530 U.S. at 68)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In Re Derzapf
  Texas Supreme Court· 2007-03-23· cited 227×
• Whitworth v. Whitworth
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-03-16· cited 123×
• In the Interest of M.P.B.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-06-20· cited 101×
• in the Interest of C.A.M.M.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-10-30· cited 71×
• In Re Scheller
  Texas Supreme Court· 2010-11-05· cited 52×
• In Re Chambless
  Texas Supreme Court· 2008-06-27· cited 45×
• In Re Smith
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2008-08-14· cited 27×
• In the Interest of L.D.F., a Child
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2014-09-19· cited 25×
• In Re Sanchez
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2007-04-04· cited 21×
• in the Interest of B.G.D., A.J.D, and J.B.D., Minor Children
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2011-08-25· cited 20×
• In the Interest of M.T.C. and D.L.C., Jr., Minor Children
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-10-23· cited 19×
• in Re: David E. Martin
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2017-02-03· cited 15×
• in the Interest of J.M.T., a Child
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2009-02-26· cited 13×
• in Re: J. M. G.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2018-06-13· cited 13×
• in Re KC Greenhouse Patio Apartments. LP
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2012-08-16· cited 8×
• In the Interest of B.N.L.-B.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-05-10· cited 5×
• In Re CAMM
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2008-01-24· cited 4×
• In Re MTC
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-10-23· cited 3×
• In Re MPB
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2008-06-20
• In Re BGD
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2011-08-25

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Troxel v. Granville
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-05· cited 6,943×
• Little v. Daggett
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-09-10· cited 70×