Newkirk v. Newkirk

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that divorced father continued to owe child support to his children’s deceased mother’s brother where she asked her brother to be the guardian of her minor children
• finding exceptional circumstances in awarding custody of teenage children to half-brother, rather than natural father
• placing significant weight on the wishes of the 13 and 15 year old children to live with their adult half-brother rather than their father
• custody decision is not a matter of the best judgment of the reviewing court
• custody decision is not a matter for the best judgment of the reviewing court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Conaway v. Deane
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-09-18· cited 89×
• Wagner v. Wagner
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-02-06· cited 66×
• Monroe v. Monroe
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-03-26· cited 54×
• S.F. v. M.D.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2000-05-02· cited 20×
• Pastore v. Sharp
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1989-12-29· cited 17×
• Miller v. Bosley
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1997-01-30· cited 15×
• Gestl v. Frederick
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2000-07-03· cited 14×
• Hadick v. Hadick
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1992-04-02· cited 14×
• Tedesco v. Tedesco
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-10-30· cited 14×
• Burak v. Burak
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-12-07· cited 5×
• O'Brien v. O'Brien
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2001-02-02· cited 4×
• Nusbaum v. Nusbaum
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2019-12-20· cited 2×
• Sf v. Md
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2000-05-02
• (1999)
  Maryland Attorney General Reports· 1999-08-10

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ross v. Hoffman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-04-25· cited 145×
• Davis v. Davis
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-05-11· cited 119×
• Ferguson v. Board of Trustees
  Supreme Court· 1977-11-07· cited 84×
• Colburn v. Colburn
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1972-06-29· cited 41×
• Christman v. O'CONNOR
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1977-05-20· cited 4×

Other cases named Newkirk v. Newkirk

5 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Newkirk v. Newkirk
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-02-23· cited 9×
• Newkirk v. Newkirk
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1993-06-03· cited 7×
• Newkirk v. Newkirk
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1885-04-29· cited 4×
• Newkirk v. Newkirk
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2023-08-02· cited 1×
• Newkirk v. Newkirk
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1982-06-08