Johnson v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that adoption was unknown at common law and that the rights and liabilities emanating from adoption are governed by descent, distribution, and adoption statutes
• stating that the doctrine of equitable adoption “is not intended to create the legal relationship of parent and child, with all its attendant consequences, and does not effect a legal adoption”
• “The doctrine of equitable adoption, despite its name, bears almost no relationship to a statutory legal adoption.”
• “The doctrine of equitable adoption, despite its name, bears almost no relationship to a statutory legal adoption.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Reutter Ex Rel. Reutter v. Barnhart
  Eighth Circuit· 2004-06-16· cited 128×
• WFND, LLC v. Fargo Marc, LLC
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2007-05-07· cited 85×
• Sommer v. Sommer
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2001-12-05· cited 56×
• In re Estate of William J. Hannifin
  Utah Supreme Court· 2013-08-02· cited 56×
• Hoverson v. Hoverson
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2001-07-10· cited 55×
• Heinz v. Heinz
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2001-08-29· cited 38×
• Reutter v. Barnhart
  Eighth Circuit· 2004-06-16· cited 23×
• Berg v. Berg
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2002-04-18· cited 17×
• Johnson v. Johnson
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2002-09-20· cited 16×
• Poncho v. Bowdoin
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2005-12-07· cited 15×
• Combs v. Lund
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2015-01-15· cited 14×
• Silbernagel v. Silbernagel
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2011-07-13· cited 14×
• In re Parentage of Scarlett Z.-D.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-07-15· cited 12×
• Great Plains Royalty Corp. v. Earl Schwartz Co.
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2021-04-05· cited 12×
• Northrop v. Northrop
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2001-02-15· cited 11×
• Thompson v. Schmitz
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2009-10-16· cited 6×
• Sanders v. Riley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-16· cited 3×
• State v. Ennen
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2011-07-13· cited 2×
• Reutter Ex Rel. Reutter v. Barnhart
  D. North Dakota· 2003-04-04· cited 2×
• Sanders v. Riley, Administrator
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-16

Cites

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

• Miller v. Miller
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1984-07-19· cited 157×
• Stout v. Stout
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1997-04-01· cited 120×
• Van v. Zahorik
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1999-07-07· cited 100×
• Hendrickson v. Hendrickson
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2000-01-25· cited 91×
• Kautzman v. Kautzman
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1998-10-30· cited 89×
• Hendrickson v. Hendrickson
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2000-01-03· cited 84×
• Bullock v. Bullock
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1984-08-13· cited 74×
• Matter of Adoption of KAS
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1993-04-27· cited 70×
• Fox v. Fox
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1999-04-12· cited 63×
• Fuller v. Fuller
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1968-11-12· cited 60×
• Moilan v. Moilan
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1999-06-18· cited 59×
• Weigel v. Weigel
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2000-01-24· cited 57×
• Riehl v. Riehl
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1999-06-18· cited 56×
• In Re Marriage of Valle
  California Court of Appeal· 1975-12-19· cited 51×
• Amann v. Frederick
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1977-08-18· cited 46×
• Marriage of Fenn v. Fenn
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1993-02-11· cited 45×
• Sargeant v. Sargeant
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1972-04-07· cited 43×
• Matter of Estate of Hill
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1992-11-09· cited 43×
• Mellum v. Mellum
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2000-03-21· cited 40×
• Fisher v. Fisher
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1996-04-23· cited 38×