In re R.F.

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• family court’s decision in modification proceeding will not be set aside absent showing that court’s discretion was exercised on grounds clearly untenable or to extent clearly unreasonable
• family court's decision in modification proceeding will not be set aside absent showing that court's discretion was exercised on grounds clearly untenable or to extent clearly unreasonable
• father who failed to appeal a disposition order granting custody to SRS and who sought modification of the order was not entitled to custody as a matter of law even though he was not shown to be an unfit parent; rather he was required to meet the standard for modification
• father who failed to appeal a disposition order granting custody to SRS and who sought modification of the order was not entitled to custody as a matter of law even though he was not shown to be an unfit parent; rather he was required to meet the standard for modification

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Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re S.B.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2002-05-02· cited 95×
• In re J.S.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-12-22· cited 25×
• In re J. J.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1983-04-05· cited 21×
• In re J.H.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-02-01· cited 17×
• In re E. G.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1980-11-05· cited 14×
• In re B.L.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1988-02-26· cited 9×
• In re T. M.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1980-06-03· cited 5×
• In Re SB
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2002-05-02
• In Re BL
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1988-02-26
• In Re RF
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1977-06-07
• In Re JS
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-12-22
• In Re EG
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1980-11-05
• In Re JH
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-02-01
• In Re JJ
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1983-04-05

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In re N. H.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1977-04-05· cited 71×
• Petition of Certain Neglected Children
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1975-12-02· cited 24×
• Gerety v. Gerety
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1973-06-05· cited 19×
• Gokey v. Gokey
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1968-12-03· cited 13×
• Birnbaum v. Birnbaum
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1976-12-21· cited 2×