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· 1/10/1978

Montgomery County Department of Social Services v. Sanders

Citations

  • 381 A.2d 1154
  • 38 Md. App. 406
  • 1978 Md. App. LEXIS 315

How courts have described this case

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

  • applying the best interest standard in the context of child custody
  • the best interest of the child varies with each individual case
  • best interests standard varies with each individual case
  • “The fact finder is called upon to evaluate the child’s life chances in each of the homes competing for custody and then to predict with whom the child will be better off in the future. At the bottom line, what is in the child’s best interest equals the fact finder’s best guess.”

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Judges: Gilbert, Mencione, Lowe

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