Noell v. Gaines

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing parental presumption, but making ultimate determination depend on child's best interests
• recognizing parental presumption, but making ultimate determination depend on child’s best interests
• recognizing parental presumption, but making ultimate determination depend on child’s best interests
• stating that order awarding joint custody to stepparent and natural parent was not equivalent to termination of parental rights and therefore did not require proof of extraordinary circumstances or natural parent’s unfitness
• awarding joint legal custody and sole physical custody to the stepfather instead of the natural mother
• applying best interest of child standard in divorce proceeding to award physical custody to stepfather over request of natural mother

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).