Timmons v. Ronald L.S.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[t]he superior rights doctrine, which holds that parents have the superior right to the care, custody, and control of their children, is incorporated in *** the Probate Act”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

56 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Marshall v. Burger King Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-06-22· cited 606×
• Krautsack v. Anderson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-12-21· cited 180×
• People v. Tidwell
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2010-01-22· cited 179×
• People v. Taylor
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-05-18· cited 151×
• Landis v. Marc Realty, L.L.C.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2009-10-16· cited 147×
• Adames v. Sheahan
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2009-03-19· cited 131×
• In re M.M.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2017-04-25· cited 80×
• Bell v. Hutsell
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2011-05-19· cited 75×
• People v. Jaime P.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-12-21· cited 66×
• Fisher v. Waldrop
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-04-20· cited 62×
• In re Parentage of Scarlett Z.-D.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2015-04-23· cited 57×
• People v. Jamison
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2008-05-22· cited 50×
• Matthew W. Pitts v. Amanda M. Moore
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2014-04-17· cited 50×
• People v. Diggins
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2009-10-08· cited 38×
• Young v. Herman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2018-02-05· cited 32×
• Mulay v. Mulay
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2007-03-22· cited 30×
• Matthew Miguel C. v. Umer
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-06-27· cited 17×
• In Re RLS
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-02-02· cited 15×
• Lawndale Restoration Limited Partnership v. Acordia of Illinois, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-07-25· cited 12×
• People v. Qualls
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-06-05· cited 12×

Cites

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

• Troxel v. Granville
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-05· cited 6,943×
• Washington v. Glucksberg
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-26· cited 2,664×
• Illinois Graphics Co. v. Nickum
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-08-04· cited 518×
• People v. Malchow
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-09-21· cited 309×
• People v. Davis
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-01-25· cited 212×
• Lulay v. Lulay
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-10-26· cited 187×
• In Re Marriage of Rogers
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-11-18· cited 166×
• People v. Mandi H.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-05-19· cited 151×
• Wickham v. Byrne
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-04-18· cited 138×
• People v. Jones
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-02-03· cited 138×
• In re Custody of Townsend
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-10-21· cited 136×
• Giacopelli v. Florence Crittenton Home
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1959-05-22· cited 108×
• Petition of Kirchner
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-02-28· cited 102×
• In Re Custody of Peterson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-04-04· cited 101×
• People Ex Rel. Edwards v. Livingston
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1969-03-27· cited 98×
• People v. Michelle J.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-04-01· cited 60×
• In Re Estate of Whittington
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-06-05· cited 59×
• Dineen v. City of Chicago
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-11-21· cited 51×
• Mueller v. Elm Park Hotel Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1945-09-19· cited 36×
• Siegel v. Siegel
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-01-20· cited 33×