Modern American Mortgage Corp. v. Nelson

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing a finding of deprivation absent a showing of harm when the child witnessed one incident of domestic violence
• reversing award of temporary custody from father to other relatives; despite some evidence of instance of domestic violence between parents, there was no evidence that child suffered any emotional or physical harm
• evidence insufficient where state presented no evidence that child witnessed domestic abuse between parents
• evidence insufficient where state presented no evidence that child witnessed domestic abuse between parents
• “Even where the parent has been convicted and incarcerated for commission of a felony, a finding of parental unfitness must be based on a showing that there is a demonstrable negative effect on the quality of the parent-child relationship.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).