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· 4/19/2017

Oberdick v. TrizecHahn Gateway, LLC

Citations

  • 160 A.3d 215

How courts have described this case

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

  • observing that “[c]hild abuse and neglect proceedings are governed by statute” (citations omitted)
  • “Apart from the grandparent and the sibling preferences, there does not exist an adoptive placement preference for a child’s blood relatives, generally.”
  • “[T]he welfare of the infant is the polar star by which the discretion of the court is to be guided in making its award of legal custody.” (Citation omitted)
  • “Moreover, regardless of whether there exists a placement preference that applies to the facts of this case, any preference always is tempered by a consideration of the children’s best interests.”
  • using initials to refer to child parties
  • using initials to refer to child parties

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Judges: Gantman, Bender, Moulton

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