Thompson v. Thompson

How courts have described this case

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

• “The custody of the child is not to be used as a reward or punishment for the conduct of the parents. The best interest of the child is the paramount and controlling consideration.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Schuster v. Schuster
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-10-05· cited 65×
• In Re Custody of Halls
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2005-03-30· cited 40×
• In re the Custody of Halls
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2005-02-08· cited 40×
• In re the Marriage of McDole
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-10-21· cited 22×
• In Re the Marriage of Nordby
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1985-08-19· cited 11×
• Shaffer v. Shaffer
  Washington Supreme Court· 1963-03-28· cited 10×
• Lunsford v. Waldrip
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1972-02-07· cited 9×
• In Re the Welfare of Sego
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1972-07-24· cited 9×
• Kehus v. Euteneier
  Washington Supreme Court· 1961-12-15· cited 6×
• Bonn v. Bonn
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1974-12-23· cited 4×
• In re the Marriage of McDole
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-12-10· cited 3×
• MATTER OF MARRIAGE OF McDOLE
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-10-21

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Annest v. Annest
  Washington Supreme Court· 1956-05-31· cited 37×
• Chatwood v. Chatwood
  Washington Supreme Court· 1954-02-15· cited 36×
• Malfait v. Malfait
  Washington Supreme Court· 1959-07-02· cited 35×
• Johnson v. Johnson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1958-11-06· cited 12×