133 Md. App. 216 - Gestl v. Frederick’s Empirical Analysis

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18 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) Grounds for jurisdiction.—Except as otherwise provided in § 9.5-204 of this subtitle, a court of this State has jurisdiction to make an initial child custody determination if: (1) this State ... was ths home state of the child -within 6 months before the commencement of the proceeding and the child is absent from this State but a parent or person acting as a parent continues to live in his State.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Apenyo v. Apenyo · 141 Md. App. 23 - Gruber v. Gruber

2. ““that the [trial court] decision placed the burden on the parent to prove that grandparent visitation was not in the child’s best interest; and that there was no requirement that the parent be shown to be unfit. The Court expressly-declined, however, to reach the question of whether parental unfitness was always a prerequisite in order to justify intervention in decisions concerning custody and visitation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McDermott v. Dougherty

3. “the state in which the child, immediately preceding the time involved, lived with the child’s parents [or] a parent.... for at least 6 consecutive months.... Periods of temporary absence of any of the named persons are counted as part of the 6 month ... period.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 141 Md. App. 23 - Gruber v. Gruber