Zeifman v. Michels

How courts have described this case

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

• trial court is vested with discretion because it is best able to observe witnesses’ demeanor and personalities
• “Increase in age alone is not a changed circumstance to justify modification unless changed needs are shown.”
• trial court “is best able to observe the witnesses’ demeanor and personalities”
• in modification proceeding, “a threshold inquiry of the trial court is whether the moving party has met the burden . . . of showing a material and substantial change; otherwise the trial court must deny the motion to modify”
• “To prove that a material change in circumstances has occurred, the petitioner must demonstrate what conditions existed at the time of the entry of the prior order as compared to the circumstances existing at the time of the hearing on the motion to modify.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• in the Interest of A.L.E.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-02-12· cited 219×
• In the Interest of A.B.P.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2009-06-17· cited 168×
• Kirk Brand Coburn v. Janet Moreland
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2014-05-23· cited 146×
• in the Interest of C.A.M.M.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-10-30· cited 71×
• Swaab v. Swaab
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2008-11-20· cited 69×
• in the Interest of S.A.H, a Minor Child
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-01-28· cited 63×
• Stamper v. Knox
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2008-03-20· cited 59×
• Zeifman v. Nowlin
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2010-08-27· cited 50×
• Smith v. Karanja
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2018-02-08· cited 39×
• Iliff v. Iliff
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2009-07-21· cited 38×
• In the Interest of T.M.P. and J.C.P., Children
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2013-08-28· cited 37×
• Blackwell v. Humble
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2007-12-14· cited 34×
• Zeifman v. Michels
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2007-06-20· cited 33×
• in the Interest of E.R.C., a Minor Child
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2016-06-14· cited 31×
• Elizabeth M. Trammell v. Fletcher v. Trammell, Sr.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-02-02· cited 28×
• Westview Drive Investments, LLC and Jack Yetiv v. Landmark American Insurance Co., and King-Phillips Insurance Agency, Inc. AKA Insurtrust Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-02-28· cited 27×
• Child v. Leverton
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2006-09-21· cited 26×
• in the Interest of C.H.C. a Child
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2013-02-06· cited 21×
• Cline v. Cline
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2018-08-02· cited 21×
• Thomas Mark Richardson v. Julie Ana Richardson
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2014-02-05· cited 20×

Cites

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

• City of Keller v. Wilson
  Texas Supreme Court· 2005-06-10· cited 10,088×
• Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-12-04· cited 6,606×
• Holley v. Adams
  Texas Supreme Court· 1976-12-01· cited 4,606×
• Cain v. Bain
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-02-12· cited 4,555×
• BMC Software Belgium, NV v. Marchand
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-06-27· cited 3,003×
• Worford v. Stamper
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-01-30· cited 1,831×
• Golden Eagle Archery, Inc. v. Jackson
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-09-11· cited 1,485×
• Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co. v. Martinez
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-11-12· cited 1,132×
• Holt Atherton Industries, Inc. v. Heine
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-06-17· cited 1,117×
• Croucher v. Croucher
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-11-02· cited 1,105×
• Gillespie v. Gillespie
  Texas Supreme Court· 1982-11-03· cited 991×
• In the Interest of V.L.K.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2000-06-22· cited 474×
• Cherne Industries, Inc. v. Magallanes
  Texas Supreme Court· 1989-01-25· cited 403×
• K-Mart Corp. v. Honeycutt
  Texas Supreme Court· 2000-06-29· cited 342×
• Vickery v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1999-11-18· cited 301×
• Tenery v. Tenery
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-11-15· cited 290×
• In the Interest of T.D.C.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2002-11-21· cited 275×
• Lindsey v. Lindsey
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1998-02-26· cited 215×
• Echols v. Olivarez
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2002-08-30· cited 213×
• Bates v. Tesar
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2002-06-06· cited 150×

Other cases named Zeifman v. Michels

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Zeifman v. Michels
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2007-06-20· cited 33×