Phillips v. Frederick’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 1975
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hooks v. Bridgewater · Legate v. Legate · Winne v. . Winne · Healey v. Simpson · Payne v. Payne
Most-quoted passages
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“In the instant case the agreement was fully performed by the parent and child. Phillips, the deceased, received all that he bargained for. Although a contract by a parent to surrender the custody of a child to another in consideration of his promise to care for, rear, and educate it may not be binding when made because of the peculiar character of the duty and rights of the parent in respect to the child, and where the welfare of the child demands it, it is binding on the other party after the parent and child have, as here, fully executed their part.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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