Lane v. Schenck

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that mother’s decision to relocate to Iowa, to attend law school, should not cause her to lose sole custody of the children
• establishing that although visitation orders are meant to facilitate parent-child relationships, such orders “do not warrant nullification of the custodial parent’s reasonable decisions” as to residence
• explaining that § 650 “does not supersede the custodial parent’s reasonable decision to relocate”
• observing that appraisal of custodial parent’s move should consider that allowing “the new family to flourish is itself conducive to the best interests of the children involved” and “the family’s benefit” in the future
• observing that appraisal of custodial parent’s move should consider that allowing “the new family to flourish is in itself conducive to the best interests of the children involved” and “the family’s benefit” in the future
• presuming custodial parent’s and child’s best interests coincide, and that a good faith desire to move should ordinarily be allowed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).