Sandra Costa v. Paulo A. Costa

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that we apply an abuse of discretion standard to a trial court's determination regarding the need for a plenary hearing
• holding that we apply an abuse of discretion standard to a trial court's determination regarding the need for a plenary hearing
• stating that we review a judge's decision on a motion to modify custody without conducting a plenary hearing for abuse of discretion
• explaining that a modification of an existing child custody first requires a demonstration of a \change of circumstances warranting modification\ of the arrangements (citations omitted)
• modification of custody order is a two-step process: proof of changed circumstances, followed by assessment of child's best interest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cesare v. Cesare
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1998-06-03· cited 2,245×
• Beck v. Beck
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1981-07-02· cited 229×
• Hand v. Hand
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2007-03-07· cited 213×
• J.B. v. W.B.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2013-08-20· cited 162×
• Crews v. Crews
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2000-05-31· cited 130×
• R.K. v. F.K.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2014-07-28· cited 66×
• Patrawke v. Liebes
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2012-09-07· cited 9×
• Ansell v. Ansell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-07-10· cited 6×