Supreme Court of South Carolina· 10/31/2001
Patel v. Patel
Citations
- 555 S.E.2d 386
- 347 S.C. 281
- 2001 S.C. LEXIS 180
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that in custody cases, the family court will consider a number of factors in determining the best interest of the child, including the opinions of third parties such as the guardian ad litem and the child
- finding it inappropriate to consider the low standard of living as basis for not awarding alimony when the husband deliberately chose to keep the family in inadequate housing well below their means during the marriage
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Judges: Toal, Moore, Waller, Burnett, Lee
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33 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Patel v. PatelSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-05-24· cited 145×
- Erickson v. Jones Street Publishers, LLCSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2006-04-10· cited 118×
- South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Sarah W.Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2013-03-20· cited 106×
- Latimer v. FarmerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-08-16· cited 65×
- Spreeuw v. BarkerCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2009-07-29· cited 62×
- Scott v. ScottSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2003-04-14· cited 59×
- Davis v. DavisCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2006-12-21· cited 49×
- Craig v. CraigSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2005-07-25· cited 47×
- Lewis v. LewisCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2012-11-14· cited 41×
- Nasser-Moghaddassi v. MoghaddassiCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2005-01-31· cited 37×
- Doe v. RoeCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2006-06-05· cited 37×
- Kelley v. KelleySupreme Court of Oklahoma· 2007-12-18· cited 31×
- Arnal v. ArnalCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2005-02-07· cited 29×
- Pirayesh v. PirayeshCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2004-05-11· cited 23×
- Clark v. ClarkCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2018-05-02· cited 22×
- McComb v. ConardCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2011-08-24· cited 19×
- Browder v. BrowderCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2009-03-26· cited 18×
- Craig v. CraigCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2004-03-22· cited 16×
- Arscott v. BaconCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2002-06-27· cited 12×
- Simcox-Adams v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2014-04-02· cited 12×
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Townsend v. TownsendSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-08-19· cited 32×
- Ford v. FordSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1963-05-06· cited 27×
- Fleming Ex Rel. Fleming v. AsbillSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-03-31· cited 22×
- Ingold v. IngoldCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1991-01-21· cited 9×
- South Carolina Department of Social Services v. BeeksSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-02-18· cited 8×
- Eagerton v. EagertonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1975-07-22· cited 6×
- McMurtrey v. McMurtreySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1978-11-21· cited 5×
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