Moore v. Richardson’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently April 2019 · most notably J.M.W. v. T.I.Z. (2011), Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Cox (2002)
32 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738A
Relies on Atkins v. Atkins · Murphy v. Danforth · Garrett v. Garrett · Snisky v. Whisenhunt · Caskey v. Pickett
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) such court has jurisdiction under the law of such State; and (2) one of the following conditions is met: (A) such State (i) is the home State of the child on the date of the commencement of the proceeding, or (ii) had been the child’s home State within six months before the date of the commencement of the proceeding and the child is absent from such State because of his removal or retention by a contestant or for other reasons, and a contestant continues to live in such State; (B) (i) it appears that no other State would have jurisdiction under subparagraph (A), and (ii) it is in the best interest of the child that a court of such State assume jurisdiction because (I) the child and his parents, or the child and at least one contestant, have a significant connection with such State other than mere physical presence in such State, and (II) there is available in such State substantial evidence concerning the child’s present or future care, protection, training, and personal relationships; (C) the child is physically present in such State and (i) the child has been abandoned, or (ii) it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because he has been subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse; (D) (i) it appears that no other State would have jurisdiction under subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (E), or another State has declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that the State whose jurisdiction is in issue is the more appropriate forum to determine the cust”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Given the fact the children had only been in the State of Arkansas for approximately four (4) months when the action was commenced the proper jurisdiction for this case is Louisiana, as the defendant and juveniles had lived there for six (6) months continuously prior to their arrival in Arkansas.... The appellant acknowledges that the trial court acted in compliance with the UCCJEA under the emergency jurisdiction statute A.C.A. 9-19-204.... It is not the appellant’s position that the initial proceedings lacked jurisdiction, rather, that the emergency passed and was extinguished by the children being placed in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services. After the trial court granted an emergency custody order steps should have been taken to follow the UCCJEA but that did not occur. Emergency jurisdiction should not be used to modify a custody order permanently but may be used to enter a temporary order giving a party custody only for as long as it takes to travel with the child to the proper forum to seek a permanent modification of custody. Given that there had been a previous case in Louisiana there was certainly a custody order entered. The modification of that order adds emphasis to the argument that Louisiana should have been contacted concerning these juveniles. Jurisdiction after the emergency had been extinguished was only proper in the children’s home state, namely Louisiana.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 9-19-204, a court of this state which has made a child-custody determination consistent with§ 9-19-201 or § 9-19-203 has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination until: (1) a court of this state determines that neither the child, nor the child and one (1) parent, nor the child and a person acting as a parent have a significant connection with this state and that substantial evidence is no longer available in this state concerning the child’s care, protection, training, and personal relationships; or (2) a court of this state or a court of another state determines that the child, the child’s parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in this state.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.