Murphy v. Murphy

How courts have described this case

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

• three years before enactment of G. L. c. 209B, decision based, in part, on Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act
• “The misconduct of the parent may, nevertheless, adversely affect the welfare of the child”
• \child snatching\ by parent and subsequent \captures\ of child \can be harmful\ and can cause \emotional and physical reactions in the child commensurate with these distresses\ [quotations omitted]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Morrill v. Tong
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-09-13· cited 44×
• Brown v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-01-29· cited 41×
• Custody of a Minor
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-08-13· cited 20×
• Lynch v. Lynch
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1981-04-08· cited 19×
• Carpenter v. Carpenter
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-03-30· cited 14×
• Hernandez v. Branciforte
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-06-14· cited 13×
• El Chaar v. Chehab
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-12-31· cited 13×
• Tazziz v. Tazziz
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-09-22· cited 11×
• Baron v. Baron
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-08-22· cited 10×
• Tolos v. Tolos
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-04-17· cited 8×
• Miller v. Miller
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1985-01-23· cited 7×
• Khan v. Saminni
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-02-15· cited 6×
• Custody of a Minor
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-10-05· cited 5×
• Trupiano v. Trupiano
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-04-01· cited 4×
• Mannor v. Mannor
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-12-22· cited 4×
• Shermer v. Cornelius
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-05-14· cited 2×
• Brown v. Tobyne
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-07-16· cited 2×
• Winsor v. Manning
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-03-20· cited 2×
• Tick v. Tick
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1983-07-21· cited 1×
• S.W. v. D.P.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-01-23

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• New York Ex Rel. Halvey v. Halvey
  Supreme Court· 1947-03-31· cited 419×
• Sampsell v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1948-10-01· cited 179×
• Hersey v. Hersey
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1930-06-04· cited 96×
• Heard v. Heard
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1948-11-03· cited 40×
• Henderson v. Henderson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1952-09-09· cited 34×
• Leathers v. Leathers
  California Court of Appeal· 1958-08-14· cited 22×
• Schmidt v. Schmidt
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1932-09-13· cited 22×
• Buchanan v. Buchanan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-12-04· cited 21×
• Welker v. Welker
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1950-05-04· cited 21×
• Vilakazi v. Maxie
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-12-02· cited 20×
• Aufiero v. Aufiero
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1955-01-10· cited 19×
• Conley v. Conley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1949-07-05· cited 17×
• Ellis v. Doherty
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1956-07-24· cited 15×
• Wiley v. Wiley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1952-02-01· cited 9×
• Gil v. Servizio
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-05-09· cited 8×
• Green v. Green
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-12-07· cited 7×
• Doe v. Roe
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-23· cited 7×