Vela v. Marywood

How courts have described this case

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

• holding evidence conclusively established affidavit of relinquishment involuntary where it was based on adoption agency's \empty promise\ of mother's post-adoption visits with child
• holding evidence conclusively established affidavit of relinquishment involuntary where it was based on adoption agency’s “empty promise” of mother’s post-adoption visits with child
• discussing \fraud\ as any cunning or artifice used to cheat or deceive another
• noting that at common law “the word ‘fraud’ refers to an . . . omission, or concealment in breach of a legal duty . . . when the breach causes injury to another or the taking of an undue and unconscientious advantage”
• discussing “fraud” as any cunning or artifice used to cheat or deceive another
• “Since an affidavit of relinquishment waives rights of constitutional magnitude, it must be made voluntarily, knowingly, intelligently, and with full awareness of the legal consequences.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• in the Interest of L.M.I. and J.A.I., Minor Children
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-09-18· cited 493×
• Williams v. Williams
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2004-01-08· cited 190×
• In the Interest of C.L.C. and C.R.D., Minor Children
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2003-08-27· cited 152×
• Marywood v. Vela
  Texas Supreme Court· 2001-05-03· cited 114×
• In the Interest of D.R.L.M.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2002-07-03· cited 107×
• Sheshunoff v. Sheshunoff
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2005-08-22· cited 71×
• Gaspard v. Beadle
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2001-01-11· cited 59×
• In the Interest of V.R.W.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2001-02-22· cited 53×
• in the Interest of R.B., J.B., S.B., T.B., A.B. and J.B., Children
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2007-05-10· cited 52×
• in the Interest of D.E.H., a Minor Child
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2009-12-03· cited 50×
• Velasco v. Ayala
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2009-11-19· cited 47×
• Southwest Texas Pathology Associates v. Roosth
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2000-08-16· cited 44×
• Monroe v. Alternatives in Motion
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-02-22· cited 38×
• in the Interest of A.G.C., a Minor Child
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-02-19· cited 35×
• Lumbis v. Texas Department of Protective & Regulatory Services
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2002-02-22· cited 34×
• in the Interest of K.D., a Minor Child
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2015-07-29· cited 34×
• Angelica Mitchell Moore and Kevin Alexander Moore v. Donna M. Brown and Alvin Benard Brown
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2013-02-22· cited 29×
• Casstevens v. Smith
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2008-11-18· cited 27×
• Queen v. Goeddertz
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2001-07-12· cited 25×
• Jones v. TEX. DEPT OF PROTECT. & REG. SERV.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2002-10-03· cited 23×

Cites

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

• Stanley v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-04-03· cited 5,889×
• Holick v. Smith
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-02-06· cited 1,964×
• American Tobacco Co., Inc. v. Grinnell
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-10-02· cited 1,558×
• Sterner v. Marathon Oil Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1989-03-08· cited 1,465×
• Catalina v. Blasdel
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-09-08· cited 1,422×
• In the Interest of G. M.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1980-03-19· cited 1,156×
• Spoljaric v. Percival Tours, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-03-19· cited 635×
• Trenholm v. Ratcliff
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-02-23· cited 634×
• Wiley v. Spratlan
  Texas Supreme Court· 1976-07-14· cited 594×
• Thigpen v. Locke
  Texas Supreme Court· 1962-12-05· cited 510×
• Victoria Bank & Trust Co. v. Brady
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-06-19· cited 400×
• Archer v. Griffith
  Texas Supreme Court· 1964-11-18· cited 257×
• Brown v. McLennan County Children's Protective Services
  Texas Supreme Court· 1982-01-27· cited 153×
• Jung Fu Chien v. Chen
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1988-09-21· cited 115×
• International Security Life Insurance Co. v. Finck
  Texas Supreme Court· 1973-06-20· cited 95×
• Porter v. Nemir
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1995-07-12· cited 70×
• Smith v. Central Freight Lines, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1989-07-13· cited 68×
• Santanna Natural Gas Corp. and Women's Natural Gas Corp. v. Hamon Operating Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1997-11-20· cited 66×
• Schiller v. Elick
  Texas Supreme Court· 1951-05-23· cited 55×
• Neal v. Texas Department of Human Services
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1991-07-31· cited 48×