Rowland v. Shurbutt

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that where evidence is presented by deposition, the trial judge does not see and hear the witness
• holding that the trial court abused its discretion in granting the name change over the objection of a parent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Virginia Board of Medicine v. John Henry Hagmann, M.D.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-03-21· cited 19×
• May v. Grandy
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-04-21· cited 4×
• Spero v. Heath
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-03-05· cited 2×
• McMahon v. Wirick
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2014-09-12
• In re Byrd
  Suffolk County Circuit Court· 2001-11-28

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johnson v. Insurance Co. of North America
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-11-26· cited 81×
• Flowers v. Cain
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-09-01· cited 23×
• Beyah v. Shelton
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-06-13· cited 15×
• Kaplan v. Copeland
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1945-01-15· cited 8×