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· 6/14/1985

Shapley v. Housewright

Citations

  • 612 F. Supp. 94
  • 1985 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18900

How courts have described this case

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

  • reviewing the denial of the absent respondent mother's motion to continue based on her right to be present at the hearing for abuse of discretion
  • reviewing the denial of the absent respondent mother’s motion to continue based on her right to be present at the hearing for abuse of discretion
  • declining to hold that “parental absence, without more, constitutes extraordinary circumstances necessitating a continuance”
  • “[A] case-by-case analysis is more appropriate than the application of rigid rules.”
  • “[A] case-by-case analysis is more appropriate than the application of rigid rules.”

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Judges: Reed

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