In re N. M. S.

How courts have described this case

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

• \ordinarily a child's best interest is served by being with a fit parent\
• “ordinarily a child’s best interest is served by being with a fit parent”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In re S.G.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-10-26· cited 126×
• In Re Petition for Adoption of J. S. R.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1977-05-26· cited 86×
• Appeal of H.R.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-08-29· cited 85×
• Petition of DIS
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1985-07-03· cited 64×
• In re D.R.M.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-02-28· cited 63×
• In re A.B.E.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-09-29· cited 53×
• In re S.K.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-10-13· cited 46×
• Bazemore v. Davis
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-12-01· cited 42×
• In re J.A.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-12-20· cited 29×
• In re B.C.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-12-07· cited 23×
• Appeal of K.F. v. P.M.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1992-12-28· cited 17×
• In re D.S.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2012-09-20· cited 16×
• In re G.H.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2002-04-25· cited 15×
• In Re the Petition of J. O. L.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-12-10· cited 13×
• In re L.J.T.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1992-05-22· cited 13×
• W.D. v. C.S.M.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2006-08-31· cited 12×
• In Re SG
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-10-26· cited 2×
• Matter of NMS
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1975-12-08· cited 1×
• A.J. v. L.O.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-05-29· cited 1×
• In Re SK
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-10-13

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Guardianship of Smith
  California Supreme Court· 1954-01-13· cited 67×
• In the Matter of Jesse Gene Elmore
  D.C. Circuit· 1967-05-23· cited 31×
• Louise Flood Bell v. Gwendolyn Hairston Leonard, Alonzo Bell and Louise Virginia Bell v. Gwendolyn Hairston Leonard
  D.C. Circuit· 1958-01-09· cited 28×
• Jackson v. Fitzgerald
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1962-11-27· cited 25×
• Holtsclaw v. Mercer
  D.C. Circuit· 1944-10-30· cited 24×
• Cooley v. Washington
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1957-11-25· cited 23×
• Davis v. Jurney
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1958-11-06· cited 22×
• Johnson v. Lloyd
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1965-07-08· cited 22×
• In Re Lambert
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1952-01-30· cited 20×
• I. B. v. District of Columbia Department of Human Resources, Social Services Administration
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1972-02-23· cited 8×