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· 11/7/1996

Ysla v. Lopez

Citations

  • 684 A.2d 775
  • 1996 D.C. App. LEXIS 237
  • 1996 WL 659346

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that despite the lack of a statutory mandate, the trial court has the ―inherent authority‖ to award joint custody to unmarried parents
  • noting that a court may “consider the interest of a parent in his or her relationship with the child in fashioning a custody order”

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Judges: Steadman, Farrell, Ruiz

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