In Re the Marriage of Bolin

How courts have described this case

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

• holding tension between the parties is not enough
• father’s conduct in trying to alienate child from his mother found to “reflect adversely on his custodial ability”
• as between joint custodians, issue of physical care resolved by the court according to the children’s best interests
• “When one parent’s obduracy makes joint custody unworkable, the trial court in a modification proceeding may find the child’s best interests require sole custody in the other parent.”
• move to California by parent with physical care not a sufficient reason for modifying decree providing for joint custody
• move to California by parent with physical care not adverse to child’s best interests

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).