West v. West

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that \custody should not [be] determined by an expressed preference for the advantages of a 'two-parent household' \ without case-specific evidence
• holding trial court erroneously relied on the assumption that, all other things being equal, the two-parent household should have the advantage because it offered the child more in-home care
• reversing custody order because weight was based on assumptions and not evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ebertz v. Ebertz
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2005-06-03· cited 98×
• Schmitz v. Schmitz
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2004-04-16· cited 68×
• Barrett v. Alguire
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2001-11-16· cited 62×
• Blanton v. Yourkowski
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2008-04-11· cited 23×
• Nancy M. v. John M.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2013-09-13· cited 16×
• Silva v. Silva
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 2006-05-16· cited 15×
• Laura Aubert, Personal Representative of the Estate of David L. Aubert v. Debra J. Wilson, f/k/a Debra J. Aubert
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2021-03-26· cited 15×
• In Re Adoption of LEKM
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2003-05-30· cited 13×
• Loyd v. Loyd
  California Court of Appeal· 2003-01-30· cited 12×
• Sweeney v. Organ
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2016-04-15· cited 6×
• Weathers v. Weathers
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2018-08-10· cited 6×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Burchard v. Garay
  California Supreme Court· 1986-09-22· cited 139×
• Borchgrevink v. Borchgrevink
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1997-06-27· cited 97×
• Evans v. Evans
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1994-03-11· cited 56×
• Johnson v. Johnson
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1977-05-20· cited 55×
• Gerber v. Gerber
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-18· cited 37×
• Park v. Park
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-09-03· cited 31×
• Linda R. v. Richard E.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1990-10-01· cited 29×
• City of Hydaburg v. Hydaburg Cooperative Ass'n
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1993-08-27· cited 27×
• Lowdermilk v. Lowdermilk
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1992-02-07· cited 26×
• R.I. v. C.C.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2000-08-18· cited 17×
• Wellman v. Dutch
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1993-11-19· cited 4×