Owens v. Owens

How courts have described this case

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

• “When other circumstances do not require the separation of children, Mississippi courts should attempt to keep siblings together.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Tidmore v. Tidmore
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2013-05-14· cited 15×
• Smullins v. Smullins
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2011-11-29· cited 9×
• Sabrina Lynn Welton v. Daniel Westmoreland
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2015-11-17· cited 8×
• Deanna Kaye Patrick v. James Dewy Boyd
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2016-04-05· cited 8×
• Marshall v. Harris
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2008-05-06· cited 7×
• Heath Grames v. Holly Grames
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2017-08-01· cited 2×
• Webb v. Webb
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2012-01-24· cited 2×
• Owens v. Owens
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2009-06-30
• Priscilla Riley v. Adam Heisinger
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2020-08-25
• Robert Lane McLellan, Jr. v. Dawn Rainey McLellan
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2024-04-16
• John Benjamin Schmidt v. Leslie Renee Schmidt (Gall)
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2022-05-10
• Lisa Stewart Tedford v. Jonathan Tedford
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2021-03-02
• Tiffany Michelle Tilley v. John Michael Gibbs
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2024-05-21
• Shannon January Case v. Daniel Justin Case
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2022-05-10
• Jonathan Graham Embrey v. Maria Young
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2021-11-30
• Walter Day v. Heaven L. Day
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2025-11-25
• Lidia Yoybe Sierra Baird v. Colin Lane Lowry Baird
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2025-10-21
• Dannah Brents v. Alva Blake Holland
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2026-04-21

Cites

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

• Ferguson v. Ferguson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-07-07· cited 745×
• Albright v. Albright
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-09-21· cited 678×
• Hemsley v. Hemsley
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-07-07· cited 413×
• Bredemeier v. Jackson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-02-27· cited 232×
• Hensarling v. Hensarling
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-06-20· cited 154×
• Reddell v. Reddell
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-03-06· cited 127×
• Sellers v. Sellers
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-06-09· cited 121×
• Carrow v. Carrow
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-09-08· cited 117×
• Bell v. Bell
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-12· cited 88×
• Selman v. Selman
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-10-08· cited 79×
• Henderson v. Henderson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-04-13· cited 71×
• Weathersby v. Weathersby
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-05-15· cited 59×
• Owen v. Owen
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-04-27· cited 55×
• Sparkman v. Sparkman
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-12-14· cited 53×
• Sproles v. Sproles
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-04-05· cited 52×
• Hammers v. Hammers
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2004-08-03· cited 44×
• Copeland v. Copeland
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-12-16· cited 43×
• Horn v. Horn
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-01-25· cited 40×
• Phillips v. Phillips
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-12-13· cited 38×
• Jerome v. Stroud
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-02-20· cited 34×