Spaulding v. Spaulding

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing the “compelling need to give a measure of finality to custody decrees in order to [ensure] a more stable environment for the child”
• recognizing the “compelling need to give a measure of finality to custody decrees in order to [ensure] a more stable environment for the child”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Brown v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-01-29· cited 41×
• Lemley v. Barr
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-03-11· cited 34×
• Arbogast v. Arbogast
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-11-14· cited 29×
• Marquiss v. Marquiss
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1992-07-07· cited 28×
• Peterson v. Peterson
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-08-19· cited 25×
• James-Robert G. Curtis v. Florania Da Silva Medeiros
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2016-12-15· cited 19×
• Sams v. Boston
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-08-02· cited 18×
• Ready v. Ready
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1995-11-22· cited 15×
• Houtchens v. Houtchens
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1985-03-06· cited 12×
• McKinley v. McKinley
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1994-12-16· cited 9×
• Wambold v. Wambold
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1994-12-15· cited 9×
• Rock v. Rock
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-07-19· cited 4×
• Lee v. Meeks
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-12-13· cited 4×
• Richardson v. Richardson
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1994-07-11· cited 2×
• Gluse v. Dennison
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-06-30· cited 2×

Cites

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

• In Re Marriage of Hopson
  California Court of Appeal· 1980-10-06· cited 58×
• Slidell v. Valentine
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1980-11-12· cited 44×
• Wheeler v. District Court in & for City & Co. of Denver
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1974-09-23· cited 41×
• State Ex Rel. Valles v. Brown
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1981-12-18· cited 37×
• Brooks v. Brooks
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1975-01-14· cited 36×
• McDonald v. McDonald
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1977-03-03· cited 34×
• Wenz v. Schwartze
  Montana Supreme Court· 1979-08-01· cited 29×
• Thompson v. McCormick
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1959-01-26· cited 28×
• Quenzer v. Quenzer
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1982-10-29· cited 26×
• Priscilla S. v. Albert B.
  NYC Family Court· 1980-01-08· cited 23×
• Yearta v. Scroggins
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-05-27· cited 22×
• Leslie L. F. v. Constance F.
  New York Family Court· 1981-07-27· cited 22×
• In Re Marriage of Steiner
  California Court of Appeal· 1979-02-09· cited 21×
• Miller v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1978-12-22· cited 20×
• McCormack v. Lemond
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1979-10-30· cited 20×
• Kraft v. DISTRICT CT. IN AND FOR CITY, ETC.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1979-01-15· cited 16×
• O'Malley v. O'Malley
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1975-05-21· cited 13×
• Pierce v. Pierce
  Montana Supreme Court· 1982-02-11· cited 12×
• Olson v. Priest
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1977-05-23· cited 12×
• Parker v. Parker
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1960-04-11· cited 9×