Kilduff v. Willey

How courts have described this case

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

• giving stability to children's lives \is so important that custody ought not to be modified without critical justification\
• noting, in relation to the predecessor statute to § 668, that \custody ought not to be modified without critical justification\ because of the importance of stability in a child's life
• only if court finds substantial change of circumstances may it consider best interests of child
• “[UJnjustifiable denial of visitation may warrant a finding that there has been a substantial change of circumstances.”
• inability of parents to get along did not present change of circumstances to modify physical custody and visitation order, but created sufficient change of circumstances to modify award of joint legal rights and responsibilities order
• inability of parents to get along did not present change of circumstances to modify physical custody and visitation order, but created sufficient change of circumstances to modify award of joint legal rights and responsibilities order

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).