Jenkins v. Handel

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that \[the trial court has broad discretion in the determination of child custody issues\ and that \[wle will reverse a trial court's resolution of custody issues only if ... we are convinced that the trial court abused its discretion ...\
• discussing effect of mother's work schedule on her availability to care for her children in custody modification case
• affirming finding that mother's substantial improvement in some important areas was insufficient to justify modification when court based its decision on lack of improvement in other areas
• declining to prioritize 13- and 15-year-old children’s preferences in custody dispute because they were unduly influenced by other adults and older sibling
• affirming superior court’s decision not to award custody of teenagers to parent with whom they expressed desire to live
• finding the preference of 13- and 15-year-old children to be unreliable due to the influence of a sexual relationship with an older man and by siblings and adults within the community

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).