Malpass v. Hodson

How courts have described this case

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• noting mother relinquished custody of child while she was a victim of an abusive spouse but had since remarried and was capable of providing for the child
• finding a husband's willingness and ability to provide for his wife's child weighed in favor of finding the wife was a fit parent, able to care for the child
• finding child had bonded with his mother despite living with his grandparents
• finding a child had bonded with his mother despite living with his grandparents
• factors used in case where mother sought to regain custody after voluntarily relinquishing custody to maternal grandparents while in abusive relationship

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).