In Re Stephanie M.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding “emergency jurisdiction” and that California was child’s “home state” under California version of UCCJA
• finding California version of UCCJA applies “to international custody disputes” in holding that juvenile court was not required to enforce Mexican decree granting custody to child’s grandmother
• referring to VCCR article 37 and noting that “the quoted language acknowledges the jurisdiction of the receiving state to apply its own laws to foreign nationals within its borders”
• terminating the parental rights of Mexican national parents to their Mexican national child where the parents and the child were living in California and the parents had participated in a family service plan to reunite the child with the parents
• “In any custody determination, a primary consideration in determining the child’s best interest is the goal of assuring stability and continuity.”
• failure to satisfy the notice provisions of the Vienna Convention does not deprive a juvenile court of jurisdiction in a parental termination/custody proceeding

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

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  California Court of Appeal· 1999-01-22· cited 692×
• In Re Jasmine D.
  California Court of Appeal· 2000-03-14· cited 494×
• Yahoo! Inc. v. La Ligue Contre Le Racisme Et L'antisemitisme
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-01-12· cited 490×
• In Re Angel B.
  California Court of Appeal· 2002-04-04· cited 437×
• In Re Jasmon O.
  California Supreme Court· 1994-09-02· cited 434×
• San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. Kevin M.
  California Court of Appeal· 2011-06-10· cited 339×
• Orange County Social Services Agency v. M.C.
  California Court of Appeal· 2014-05-22· cited 326×
• San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. Gala G.
  California Court of Appeal· 1999-12-20· cited 308×
• San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. Deborah M.
  California Court of Appeal· 2002-10-15· cited 206×
• Bridget A. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2007-03-05· cited 205×
• San Francisco Human Services Agency v. Karen R.
  California Court of Appeal· 2014-07-09· cited 195×
• Riverside County Department of Public Social Services v. A.B.
  California Court of Appeal· 2012-02-14· cited 194×
• Santa Clara County Department of Family & Children's Services v. C.K.
  California Court of Appeal· 2010-11-18· cited 193×
• L. A. Cnty. Dep't of Children & Family Servs. v. S.Y. (In re L.W.)
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2019-02-07· cited 168×
• Ventura County Human Services Agency v. Frank B.
  California Court of Appeal· 2012-09-24· cited 162×
• Brendan O. v. Merced County Human Services Agency
  California Court of Appeal· 2011-07-13· cited 161×
• In Re Elizabeth R.
  California Court of Appeal· 1995-06-27· cited 155×
• In Re Nada R.
  California Court of Appeal· 2001-06-08· cited 143×
• In Re Esperanza C.
  California Court of Appeal· 2008-08-22· cited 141×
• In Re Interest of Aaron D.
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2005-01-28· cited 129×

Cites

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

• In Re Marilyn H
  California Supreme Court· 1993-06-03· cited 1,030×
• Cynthia D. v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1993-06-01· cited 437×
• Shamblin v. Brattain
  California Supreme Court· 1988-02-22· cited 390×
• Walker v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1991-04-01· cited 177×
• Mervin v. Gustave G.
  California Court of Appeal· 1979-11-02· cited 154×
• Burchard v. Garay
  California Supreme Court· 1986-09-22· cited 139×
• Kumar v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1982-10-28· cited 111×
• In Re Michael B.
  California Court of Appeal· 1992-08-27· cited 101×
• Buckley v. Corey
  California Court of Appeal· 1964-11-19· cited 82×
• Department of Parks & Recreation v. State Personnel Board
  California Court of Appeal· 1991-08-26· cited 79×
• San Diego County Department of Social Services v. Lee P.
  California Court of Appeal· 1989-04-17· cited 56×
• Victrix Steamship Co. v. Salen Dry Cargo
  Second Circuit· 1987-08-05· cited 53×
• Plas v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1984-05-16· cited 46×
• In Re Rodger H.
  California Court of Appeal· 1991-03-26· cited 41×
• In Re Venita L.
  California Court of Appeal· 1987-05-12· cited 30×
• In Re Marriage of McGinnis
  California Court of Appeal· 1992-06-17· cited 29×
• Adoption of Zachariah K.
  California Court of Appeal· 1992-05-19· cited 29×
• In Re Robert J.
  California Court of Appeal· 1982-03-08· cited 28×
• In Re Audrey D.
  California Court of Appeal· 1979-12-18· cited 27×
• McFarlin v. Irene P.
  California Court of Appeal· 1990-11-29· cited 27×

Other cases named In Re Stephanie M.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• In re Stephanie M.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2017-06-01