Nevitt v. Nevitt

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that although trial courts may not take unfair advantage of pro se litigants, the trial court is not responsible for offering affirmative help to those appearing pro se
• “Although we will not permit unfair advantage to be taken of one who acts as her own attorney, it is not the trial court’s responsibility to offer affirmative help to a pro se litigant.”
• “Although we will not permit unfair advantage to be taken of one who acts as her own attorney, it is not the trial court's responsibility to offer affirmative help to a pro se litigant.”
• reviewing trial court's decision regarding nominee for abuse of discretion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Gennifer Noble v. Aaron Noble
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2020-12-04· cited 52×
• Bloomer v. Gibson
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2006-10-20· cited 50×
• Jakab v. Jakab
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-06-23· cited 42×
• Riehle v. Tudhope
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2000-12-13· cited 35×
• Adamson v. Dodge
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2002-11-01· cited 25×
• Willey v. Willey
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2006-11-03· cited 25×
• Hanson-Metayer v. Hanson-Metayer
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2013-04-12· cited 24×
• Kohut v. Kohut
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-07-21· cited 23×
• Kasser v. Kasser
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2006-01-06· cited 22×
• Grimes v. Grimes
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1992-11-06· cited 21×
• Harris v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1998-05-08· cited 20×
• Downs v. Downs
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-01-08· cited 17×
• Turner v. Turner
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-01-16· cited 17×
• Soutiere v. Soutiere
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-02-17· cited 15×
• Hoffer v. Ancel
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-04-28· cited 13×
• McCormick v. McCormick
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-01-08· cited 10×
• Davis v. Hunt
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-11-21· cited 10×
• Felis v. Felis
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2013-05-24· cited 9×
• Sochin v. Sochin
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-08-25· cited 8×
• Michael Collins v. Lynn B. Collins
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2017-08-04· cited 6×

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Sablosky v. Edward S. Gordon Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1989-02-21· cited 349×
• Klein v. Klein
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1988-10-21· cited 75×
• Armstrong v. Hanover Insurance Company
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1972-02-01· cited 44×
• Lalumiere v. Lalumiere
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1988-03-18· cited 35×
• Osborn v. Osborn
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1986-11-14· cited 29×
• West v. West
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1973-12-04· cited 29×
• Becker v. Becker
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1980-06-03· cited 28×
• Ely v. Ely
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1981-02-03· cited 27×
• Bero v. Bero
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1976-10-29· cited 24×
• Tidwell v. Tidwell
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1980-01-09· cited 24×
• Morissette v. Morissette
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1983-04-15· cited 23×
• Olde & Co. v. Boudreau
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1988-08-26· cited 17×
• Clayton v. Clayton
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-11-17· cited 14×
• Burr v. Burr
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1987-06-26· cited 13×
• Paradis v. Kirby
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1980-07-28· cited 11×
• Barbour v. Barbour
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1986-01-24· cited 11×
• Collins v. Boudreau
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1982-04-06· cited 11×
• Cab-Tek, Inc. v. E.B.M., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-01-05· cited 10×
• Bibens v. Bibens
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1984-04-06· cited 8×
• Wood v. Wood
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1983-06-07· cited 8×