Olson v. Olson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “in all matters involving court-established family relationships of children, [courts] begin with reference to [their] paramount commitment to the best interests of the children”
• recognizing district court’s broad discretion to 5 decide parenting-time questions based on the best interests of child
• noting that the court cannot supply to a statute language that the Legislature omitted
• distinguishing the factual findings required for visitation cases from those required for custody determinations
• distinguishing the factual findings required for visitation cases from those required for custody determinations
• “As in all matters involving court-established family relationships of children, we begin with reference to our paramount commitment to the best interests of the children.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Christianson v. Henke
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2013-05-31· cited 99×
• Soohoo v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2007-05-10· cited 96×
• Rohmiller v. Hart
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2012-02-29· cited 70×
• LaChapelle v. Mitten
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2000-03-14· cited 53×
• Braith v. Fischer
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2001-08-07· cited 34×
• Hagen v. Schirmers
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2010-06-08· cited 29×
• In re the Marriage of: Becki Anne Suleski, f/k/a Becki Anne Rupe v. Ryan Michael Rupe
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2014-10-20· cited 26×
• Marriage of Toughill v. Toughill
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2000-05-09· cited 19×
• Marriage of Matson v. Matson
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2002-01-29· cited 14×
• Joel v. Wellman
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1996-07-30· cited 13×
• Nolte v. Mehrens
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2002-07-30· cited 13×
• Haghighi v. Russian-American Broadcasting Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1998-05-07· cited 12×
• Marriage of Kielley v. Kielley
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2004-02-17· cited 12×
• Givens v. Darst
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2011-06-20· cited 10×
• Hansen v. Todnem
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2018-03-14· cited 9×
• Petition of Santoro
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1998-07-16· cited 8×
• Sorchaga v. Ride Auto, LLC
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2018-03-21· cited 7×
• Custody of A.V.A. v. Ratchaneewan
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2004-07-20· cited 6×
• J.W. ex rel. D.W. v. C.M.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2001-05-22· cited 6×
• In Re the Adoption of C.H.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1996-08-06· cited 5×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wisconsin v. Yoder
  Supreme Court· 1972-05-15· cited 3,250×
• Prince v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 1944-03-27· cited 2,515×
• Marriage of Pikula v. Pikula
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1985-11-08· cited 224×
• Wallace v. Commissioner of Taxation
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1971-01-29· cited 90×
• Roberts v. Ward
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1985-04-18· cited 37×
• State ex rel. Flint v. Flint
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1895-12-13· cited 36×
• Robins Island Preservation Fund, Inc. v. Southold Development Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1992-11-30· cited 35×
• Manthei v. Manthei
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1978-05-05· cited 30×
• In Re the Welfare of D.L.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1992-06-12· cited 30×
• In Re Niskanen
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1974-08-16· cited 13×