Miller v. Miller

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that divorce litigation would be “complicated exponentially by the involvement of children as [represented] parties,” as they could object to settlement offers, participate in discovery, and call witnesses on their own behalf
• “[A]t common law ... children do not possess the requisite legal capacity to participate in litigation in their own names.”
• “Divorce litigation would be complicated exponentially by the involvement of children as parties.”
• “The -15- 7711 2. Permissive intervention Under Civil Rule 24(b
• children not proper parties to parents’ divorce

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rachel Marran Claudia Librett v. Michael Marran Montgomery County Office of Children and Youth Montgomery County, Pa
  Third Circuit· 2004-07-15· cited 120×
• Swanson v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1997-04-04· cited 59×
• Arn H. Pearson v. Mary Lou Wendell
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2015-10-22· cited 17×
• Young v. Young
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2004-04-06· cited 14×
• Kennedy v. State
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1999-05-28· cited 11×
• Auclair v. Auclair
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1999-06-15· cited 10×
• Kinter v. Nichols
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1999-01-14· cited 9×
• In Re Stapleford
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2007-09-28· cited 6×
• In Re Willey
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2010-11-30· cited 5×
• Marr v. Maine Department of Human Services
  D. Maine· 2002-07-09· cited 4×
• Coppersmith v. Coppersmith
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2001-12-10· cited 4×
• Davis v. Means
  Navajo Nation Supreme Court· 2001-03-05· cited 2×
• Nancy J. McCandless v. John Ramsey
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2019-07-11
• Schreiber v. Schreiber
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 1997-09-03
• Oscar M., a Minor v. Marilyn P. and Shawn M.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2024-08-30

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mathews v. Eldridge
  Supreme Court· 1976-02-24· cited 16,859×
• Stanley v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-04-03· cited 5,889×
• Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & Reform
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-13· cited 1,061×
• Michael H. v. Gerald D.
  Supreme Court· 1989-08-30· cited 719×
• Josephina Duchesne as Administratrix of the Estate of Pauline Perez v. Jule M. Sugarman
  Second Circuit· 1977-11-08· cited 380×
• Montoya v. Aral Security, Inc.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1992-09-02· cited 54×
• Garcia Ex Rel. Garcia v. Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1983-04-12· cited 44×
• Fichter v. Board of Environmental Protection
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1992-02-26· cited 35×
• Ziehm v. Ziehm
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-08-10· cited 26×
• Gerber v. Peters
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1990-12-14· cited 24×
• Dye Ex Rel. Dye v. Fremont County School District No. 24
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1991-11-19· cited 22×
• Jones by and Through Jones v. Cowan
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1987-05-01· cited 12×
• State ex rel. Department of Social Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement v. Kobusch
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1995-10-31· cited 7×
• Porter v. Hoffman
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1991-04-11· cited 6×