State v. Garcia

How courts have described this case

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

• holding application of laches defense did not “detract from the strong public policy of promoting the welfare of children.”
• holding father would be prejudiced if forced to pay arrear-ages for sixteen years because he had other children to support, other financial obligations, and was never allowed to develop a relationship with his son
• holding father would be prejudiced if forced to pay arrearages for sixteen years because he had other children to support, other financial obligations, and was never allowed to develop a relationship with his son
• finding hardship where paternity action not filed for more than sixteen years and father was self-employed as a scrap metal recycler, did not own a home, had a wife and six minor children and no savings or retirement plan

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re the Marriage of Yuro
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1998-11-24· cited 32×
• In Re the Support Obligation of Loomis
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1998-11-18· cited 21×
• In re State ex rel. Reitenour
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2002-09-18· cited 4×
• State ex rel. Department of Economic Security v. Vallejo
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1998-12-15· cited 2×
• Stiles v. Department of Public Health & Human Services
  Montana Supreme Court· 2000-09-26
• Coburn v. Rhodig
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2017-08-03

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mohave County v. Mohave-Kingman Estates, Inc.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1978-11-06· cited 44×
• Freightways, Inc. v. Arizona Corp. Commission
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1981-02-02· cited 41×
• City of Prescott v. Town of Chino Valley
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1990-12-18· cited 40×
• Federoff v. Pioneer Title & Trust Co.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1990-12-06· cited 36×
• RUVALCABA BY STUBBLEFIELD v. Ruvalcaba
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1993-04-08· cited 31×
• Moore v. Hafeeza
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1986-07-29· cited 31×
• Tucson Electric Power Co. v. Arizona Department of Revenue
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1992-10-08· cited 21×
• State Ex Rel. Corbin v. Superior Court
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1984-01-13· cited 16×
• State Ex Rel. Department of Economic Security v. Dodd
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1994-08-30· cited 16×
• Schnepp v. State Ex Rel. Department of Economic Security
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1995-07-11· cited 14×
• Wigginton v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Caldwell
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1988-11-04· cited 14×
• Burrow v. Vrontikis
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1990-03-07· cited 12×
• County of San Diego v. Green
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1991-04-18· cited 4×