In re R.A.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[c]ourts recognize that, in light of the rebuttable nature of the presumption [that fit parents act in their children’s best interests], the ‘special weight’ requirement does not insulate parental wishes from judicial review”
• applying the presumption in a visitation dispute between fit adoptive parents and the child's paternal grandparents
• applying the presumption in a visitation dispute between fit adoptive parents and the child’s paternal grandparents

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People ex rel. C.M.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2005-06-02· cited 538×
• Hamit v. Hamit
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2006-06-02· cited 138×
• In Re the Marriage of McSoud
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2006-02-09· cited 55×
• In Re Adoption of Ca
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2006-06-26· cited 50×
• In the Interest of C.T.G.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2007-08-09· cited 25×
• Noland v. Yost
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2023-12-15· cited 16×
• Koshko v. Haining
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2006-05-02· cited 3×
• In re the Marriage of Graham
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2005-04-07· cited 2×
• People Ex Rel. Cm
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2005-06-02· cited 1×
• In Re RA, Jr.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2005-10-03· cited 1×
• Neal Lovlace and Norma Jean Lovlace v. Timothy Kevin Copley and Beth Copley
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-02-03
• In Re CTG
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2007-08-09

Cites

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

• Troxel v. Granville
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-05· cited 6,943×
• Rideout v. Riendeau
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2000-11-13· cited 170×
• Roth v. Weston
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-01-29· cited 160×
• T.B. v. L.R.M.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-28· cited 157×
• Blixt v. Blixt
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-09-09· cited 140×
• Clark v. Wade
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-02-16· cited 131×
• Moriarty v. Bradt
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2003-07-14· cited 127×
• Linder v. Linder
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2002-04-25· cited 117×
• Herbst v. Sayre
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1998-10-13· cited 78×
• Latimer v. Farmer
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-08-16· cited 65×
• In Re Marriage of Harris
  California Supreme Court· 2004-08-23· cited 63×
• In the Interest of E.L.M.C.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2004-07-01· cited 61×
• Stacy v. Ross
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-10-31· cited 50×
• In Re the Adoption of T.K.J.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1996-06-13· cited 48×
• In Re Marriage of Howard
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2003-05-07· cited 35×
• Jackson v. Tangreen
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2000-12-26· cited 35×
• Oliver v. Feldner
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2002-06-21· cited 34×
• Glidden v. Conley
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2003-02-14· cited 33×
• Fenn v. Sherriff
  California Court of Appeal· 2003-06-25· cited 30×
• In Re the Custody of C.M.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2003-01-02· cited 23×