Simmons v. Simmons

How courts have described this case

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

• holding: grandparents could not be awarded visitation rights absent a showing of substantial harm to the child
• involving paternal grandparents seeking visitation after father’s parental rights were terminated
• paternal grandparents seeking visitation after father’s parental rights terminated, mother remarried, and step-father adopted child
• paternal grandparents seeking visitation after father’s parental rights terminated, mother remarried, and step-father adopted child

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

51 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×
• Ray v. Ray
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-10-05· cited 399×
• Neal Lovlace v. Timothy Kevin Copley
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2013-09-06· cited 337×
• 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×
• Campbell v. Sundquist
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1996-01-26· cited 59×
• In Re Askew
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1999-05-21· cited 57×
• State v. Vaughn
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1998-10-23· cited 20×
• In Re Hogue
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2009-07-02· cited 19×
• In the matter of: Bianca Arneshe Askew, Dorothy Lewis v. Julie Donoho
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1999-05-03· cited 13×
• Welch v. Welch
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-09-13· cited 11×
• In re M.O.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-02-25· cited 10×
• Von Eiff v. Azicri
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-09-17· cited 9×
• Ward v. Dibble
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-12-06· cited 5×
• In Re MO
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-02-25· cited 3×
• In Re MJB
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2004-04-08· cited 2×
• In Re SM
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2004-01-15· cited 1×
• Neal Lovlace and Norma Jean Lovlace v. Timothy Kevin Copley and Beth Copley - Concur and Partial Dissent
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-02-03

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hawk v. Hawk
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-06-01· cited 684×
• In Re Adoption of Female Child
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1995-03-20· cited 325×
• Davis v. Davis
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1992-06-01· cited 138×
• In re Knott
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1917-09-15· cited 74×
• Ampro Fisheries, Inc. v. Yaskin
  Supreme Court· 1992-11-02· cited 65×
• Petrosky v. Keene
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1995-05-01· cited 41×
• Preston v. Mercieri
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1990-04-11· cited 34×
• Puleo v. Forgue
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1992-07-08· cited 13×
• In Re Groleau
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1992-02-11· cited 13×
• Santaniello v. Santaniello
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1992-12-11· cited 11×
• In Matter of CGF
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1992-05-07· cited 6×
• In Interest of RCE
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-12-21· cited 3×