Pierce v. Pierce

How courts have described this case

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

• the adoptive parent or parents must follow the required procedures set forth in the Uniform Adoption Act in order for an adoption to occur
• the adoptive parent or parents must follow the required procedures set forth in the Uniform Adoption Act in order for an adoption to occur
• doctrine of equitable adoption had no application to proceeding where stepfather was seeking to establish custodial rights over his former stepchild against wishes of biological mother
• doctrine of equitable adoption had no application to proceeding where stepfather was seeking to establish custodial rights over his former stepchild against wishes of biological mother

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Titchenal v. Dexter
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-02-28· cited 47×
• In Re the Marriage of K.E.V.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1994-10-25· cited 36×
• Polasek v. Omura
  Montana Supreme Court· 2006-05-09· cited 32×
• In Re Custody of C.C.R.S.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1994-05-09· cited 32×
• Erger v. Askren
  Montana Supreme Court· 1996-06-20· cited 24×
• In Re Petition of Doe
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-08-18· cited 19×
• Gordon v. Gordon
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1990-11-28· cited 16×
• Knopp v. Knopp
  Montana Supreme Court· 2001-07-23· cited 15×
• Snyder v. Spaulding
  Montana Supreme Court· 2010-07-13· cited 12×
• In Re Parenting of JNP
  Montana Supreme Court· 2001-07-23· cited 11×
• Osterkamp v. Stiles
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2010-06-25· cited 6×
• In Re ARA
  Montana Supreme Court· 1996-06-20· cited 3×
• In the Matter of Terminating Parental Rights (father)
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 2010-12-20
• Idaho Department of Health & Welfare v. Doe
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 2010-12-20

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Matter of Guardianship of Doney
  Montana Supreme Court· 1977-10-14· cited 66×
• Henderson v. Henderson
  Montana Supreme Court· 1977-08-23· cited 60×
• Matter of Guardianship of Aschenbrenner
  Montana Supreme Court· 1979-07-17· cited 52×
• Sargeant v. Sargeant
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1972-04-07· cited 43×
• In Re the Estates of Williams
  Utah Supreme Court· 1960-01-20· cited 32×
• Multhaup v. Horn
  California Court of Appeal· 1948-12-03· cited 28×
• Bower v. Landa
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1962-05-16· cited 26×
• In Re Lamfrom's Estate
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1962-01-24· cited 19×
• Young v. Young
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1976-12-23· cited 17×
• In Re the Guardianship of Evans
  Montana Supreme Court· 1978-11-28· cited 9×
• Jones v. Loving
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1961-07-11· cited 9×
• Chavez v. Shea
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1974-07-29· cited 7×