James v. James

How courts have described this case

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

• awarding custody to parents over grandparents due to no facts showing unfitness or other extraordinary reasons
• “‘[I]n custody . . . cases the welfare of the child is of paramount concern and takes precedence over the rights of parents.’” (quoting Malpass v. Morgan, 213 Va. 393, 399, 192 S.E.2d 794, 499 (1972))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bailes v. Sours
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-03-07· cited 100×
• Parish v. Spaulding
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-02-26· cited 40×
• Mason v. Moon
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-10-24· cited 25×
• Robinette v. Keene
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-08-05· cited 6×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Malpass v. Morgan
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-11-27· cited 83×
• Judd v. Van Horn
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-05-03· cited 60×
• Ingram v. Ingram
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-06-11· cited 58×
• Wilkerson v. Wilkerson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1973-11-26· cited 52×
• Walker v. Brooks
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1962-03-05· cited 40×
• Forbes v. Haney
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1963-12-02· cited 35×
• Shortridge v. Deel
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-01-21· cited 26×
• Patrick v. Byerley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-01-18· cited 21×
• McEntire v. Redfearn
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-09-02· cited 19×