Ray v. Ray

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing the substantial harm standard as applicable to a custody dispute
• discussing the substantial harm standard as applicable to a custody dispute
• discussing the substantial harm standard as applicable to a custody dispute
• substantial harm, meaning “real hazard or danger that is not minor, trivial, or insignificant”
• “[W]hen faced with competing custody claims by a biological parent and a third party, the courts must favor the biological parent.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In Re Audrey S.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-11-07· cited 1,098×
• In re M.J.B.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2004-04-08· cited 730×
• In Re Marr
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-11-16· cited 234×
• In re S.M.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2004-01-15· cited 229×
• In Re Giorgianna H.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2006-03-21· cited 183×
• In re J.C.D.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2007-11-30· cited 158×
• In Re Tiffany B.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2007-03-13· cited 150×
• In re M.L.P.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2007-01-30· cited 140×
• In re S.J.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-08-09· cited 67×
• In re of H.L.F.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2009-02-04· cited 61×
• In Re Conservatorship of Groves
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2003-02-11· cited 56×
• State, Department of Children's Services v. T.M.B.K.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2006-02-08· cited 56×
• Fish v. Fish
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-01-15· cited 50×
• McGarity v. Jerrolds
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2013-08-27· cited 50×
• State Department of Children's Services v. A.M.H.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2006-03-06· cited 37×
• In Re Hogue
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2009-07-02· cited 19×
• Hall v. Bookout
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-03-12· cited 19×
• In Re CALEB L.C.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-05-04· cited 18×
• In re M.O.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-02-25· cited 10×
• State Department of Children's Services v. M.P.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-02-17· cited 9×

Cites

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

• Santosky v. Kramer
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-22· cited 9,761×
• Troxel v. Granville
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-05· cited 6,943×
• Hodges v. S.C. Toof & Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1992-04-20· cited 1,138×
• Eldridge v. Eldridge
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-05-02· cited 1,094×
• Hawk v. Hawk
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-06-01· cited 684×
• In re M.W.A.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1998-05-20· cited 479×
• In Re Swanson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1999-10-04· cited 433×
• Estate of Walton v. Young
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1997-09-02· cited 428×
• In re C.W.W.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-05-23· cited 365×
• In Re Adoption of Female Child
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1995-03-20· cited 325×
• Nash-Putnam v. McCloud
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1996-04-22· cited 316×
• Gaskill v. Gaskill
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1996-08-09· cited 302×
• Doe v. Sundquist
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1999-09-27· cited 261×
• O'DANIEL v. Messier
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1995-04-05· cited 252×
• Adelsperger v. Adelsperger
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1997-12-05· cited 212×
• Nale v. Robertson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1994-02-18· cited 165×
• State Department of Human Services v. Defriece
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1996-10-04· cited 132×
• Parker v. Parker
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1999-03-08· cited 116×
• State Ex Rel. Cihlar v. Crawford
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-08-22· cited 113×
• Rice v. Rice
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1998-03-26· cited 58×

Other cases named Ray v. Ray

86 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Ray v. Ray
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1995-09-20· cited 60×
• Ray v. Ray
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 2006-05-09· cited 36×
• Ray v. Ray
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-08-04· cited 32×
• Ray v. Ray
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1960-06-22· cited 29×
• Ray v. Ray
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2004-06-23· cited 25×
• Ray v. Ray
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1922-11-24· cited 24×
• Ray v. Ray
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2013-07-09· cited 20×
• Ray v. Ray
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1972-11-03· cited 19×
• Ray v. Ray
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-04-15· cited 18×
• Ray v. Ray
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1994-05-24· cited 17×
• Ray v. Ray
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2007-06-25· cited 16×
• Ray v. Ray
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1980-01-16· cited 15×
• Ray v. Ray
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1995-05-03· cited 14×
• Ray v. Ray
  Second Circuit· 2021-12-27· cited 14×
• Ray v. Ray
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1976-02-23· cited 13×
• Ray v. Ray
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1986-01-22· cited 12×
• Ray v. Ray
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2009-04-07· cited 12×
• Ray v. Ray
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-09· cited 11×
• Ray v. Ray
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1986-03-28· cited 11×
• Ray v. Ray
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1898-12-17· cited 11×
• Ray v. Ray
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1976-09-16· cited 10×
• Ray v. Ray
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-09-14· cited 9×
• Ray v. Ray
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2007-03-23· cited 9×
• Ray v. Ray
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2005-07-01· cited 8×
• Ray v. Ray
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2000-11-17· cited 7×
• Ray v. Ray
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1991-12-10· cited 7×
• Ray v. Ray
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-02-13· cited 6×
• Ray v. Ray
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1950-02-03· cited 6×
• Ray v. Ray
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2020-02-11· cited 5×
• Ray v. Ray
  New York Supreme Court· 1948-09-28· cited 5×
• Ray v. Ray
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1985-02-25· cited 5×
• Ray v. Ray
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1958-01-13· cited 5×
• Ray v. Ray
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2007-08-07· cited 5×
• Ray v. Ray
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1988-09-26· cited 4×
• Ray v. Ray
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-01-10· cited 4×
• Ray v. Ray
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1952-02-13· cited 4×
• Ray v. Ray
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1874-01-15· cited 4×
• Ray v. Ray
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1878-01-15· cited 4×
• Ray v. Ray
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1974-04-19· cited 3×
• Ray v. Ray
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1912-01-15· cited 3×
• Ray v. Ray
  New York Supreme Court· 1898-06-15· cited 3×
• Ray v. Ray
  New York Supreme Court· 1970-04-02· cited 3×
• Ray v. Ray
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1982-02-23· cited 2×
• Ray v. Ray
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-11-08· cited 2×
• Ray v. Ray
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1850-12-15· cited 2×
• Ray v. Ray
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1976-11-10· cited 2×
• Ray v. Ray
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1943-05-03· cited 1×
• Ray v. Ray
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2015-02-20· cited 1×
• Ray v. Ray
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1950-12-01· cited 1×
• Ray v. Ray
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1899-12-09· cited 1×