Greenman v. Greenman’s Empirical Analysis
1930
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
December 1947
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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““It is the theory of the law in Michigan that a mother should have the care of'Children of tender age. It is provided by statute, 3 Comp. Laws 1915, 111484, that in case of the separation of parents, the mother shall have the custody of all children under 12 years of age. So in this case, if the mother is morally fit, she has the first claim to the child. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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