138 N.C. App. 135 - Evans v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
49
cited by 49 later decisions
2
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
48 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pulliam v. Smith · Crosby v. Crosby · 135 N.C. App. 387 - In Re McLean · Domingues v. Johnson · Matter of Shue
Most-quoted passages
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he advantages of the relocation in terms of its capacity to improve the life of the child; the motives of the custodial parent in seeking the move; the likelihood that the custodial parent will comply with visitation orders when he or she is no longer subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of North Carolina; the integrity of the noncustodial parent in resisting the relocation; and the likelihood that a realistic visitation schedule can be arranged which will preserve and foster the parental relationship with the noncustodial parent.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) that there has been a substantial change in circumstances affecting the welfare of the child , and (2) a change in custody is in the best interest of the child.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“"[T]he court's primary concern is the furtherance of the welfare and best interests of the child and its placement in the home environment that will be most conducive to the full development of its physical, mental and moral faculties. All other factors, including visitorial rights of the other applicant, will be deferred or subordinated to these considerations, and if the child's welfare and best interests will be better promoted by granting permission to remove the child from the State, the court should not hesitate to do so."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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