Putnam v. Putnam

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that court-approved stipulation challenged after attorneys were directed to prepare written order could be set aside only on grounds sufficient to set aside contract
• explaining that counsel for the child is generally not assigned, but that minor's interests are \adequately protected\ by GALs
• explaining that counsel for the child is generally not assigned, but that minor’s interests are “adequately protected” by GALs
• noting in case where trial court had made a finding of collusion on the part of the parents, father failed to show that guardian did not adequately protect child’s interests such that failure to also appoint an attorney was reversible error
• discussing standard for overturning settlement agreements in context of divorce proceedings
• court is justified in setting aside court-approved separation agreement “where the normal boundaries of negotiation and compromise are exceeded”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Payrits v. Payrits
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2000-06-16· cited 50×
• Riehle v. Tudhope
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2000-12-13· cited 35×
• Pouech v. Pouech
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2006-05-12· cited 24×
• Meyer v. Meyer
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-11-09· cited 22×
• Kellner v. Kellner
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-01-05· cited 20×
• Rogers v. Parrish
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2007-05-04· cited 17×
• Velardo v. Ovitt
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2007-07-27· cited 11×
• Damone v. Damone
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-09-14· cited 10×
• Lanoue v. Rutland Renovations
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2008-06-10· cited 2×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Catlin v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1945-02-26· cited 2,668×
• Charles Nagle v. Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish State of Louisiana, Lt. Clifford Montecino, Detective Patricia Laura, Deputy John Doe
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-01-08· cited 98×
• Nickerson v. Nickerson
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1992-02-07· cited 57×
• Bissonette v. Gambrel
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-06-30· cited 39×
• In Re Burlington Bagel Bakery, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1988-05-13· cited 26×
• Concra Corp. v. Andrus
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1982-04-06· cited 21×
• Harris v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-06-03· cited 20×
• Williams v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1992-06-26· cited 19×
• Burr v. Burr
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1987-06-26· cited 13×
• LaFlamme v. Church
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1983-06-10· cited 6×
• Nurenberg v. Corey
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1985-01-18· cited 2×