Lopez v. Lopez

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that custodial parent’s extreme “lack of cooperation” and refusal to follow visitation order are factors that alone may justify change in custody
• recognizing a modern trend that change of custody is appropriate when the custodial parent intentionally frustrates the visitation rights of the non-custodial parent
• it is the well-being of the child and not the reward or punishment of the parent that guides the court
• court should determine whether best interests of child require appointment of guardian ad litem to protect child’s interests
• well-being of child is key factor in determining visitation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Normand by and Through Normand v. Ray
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1990-01-18· cited 37×
• Jeantete v. Jeantete
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1990-12-31· cited 36×
• Smith v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1990-05-18· cited 33×
• Alfieri v. Alfieri
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1987-01-06· cited 23×
• Russell v. Russell
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1997-12-05· cited 22×
• Newhouse v. Chavez
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1988-12-06· cited 17×
• Olsen v. Olsen
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1982-09-29· cited 16×
• Ready v. Ready
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1995-11-22· cited 15×
• Lucero v. Hart
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1995-09-19· cited 15×
• Sigg v. Sigg
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1995-10-26· cited 15×
• Hester v. Hester
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1984-01-10· cited 10×
• Mord v. Peters
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-05· cited 10×
• In Re Guardianship of Sabrina Mae D.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1992-04-30· cited 7×
• Campbell v. Alpers
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1990-03-20· cited 6×
• Taylor v. Taylor
  Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma· 1984-01-10· cited 1×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Entwistle v. Entwistle
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1978-02-21· cited 97×
• Hurley v. Hurley
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1980-06-10· cited 56×
• Fitzgerald v. Fitzgerald
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1962-02-28· cited 52×
• Matter of Valdez
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1975-09-05· cited 49×
• In Re Marriage of Ciganovich
  California Court of Appeal· 1976-08-18· cited 44×
• Schuermann v. Schuermann
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1980-03-06· cited 35×
• In Re the Marriage of McGee
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1980-05-29· cited 17×
• Trinidad Industrial Bank v. Romero
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1970-03-16· cited 17×
• Matter of Briggs
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1977-11-01· cited 10×
• Heilman v. Heilman
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1957-06-08· cited 6×
• Cole v. Adler
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1971-04-26· cited 1×