Vaughn v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
2
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 437 So. 2d 1003 - Albright v. Albright · 25 So. 3d 274 - Lowrey v. Lowrey · Favre v. MEDDERS · 414 So. 2d 417 - Ainsworth v. Natural Father · Wright v. Fitzgibbons
Most-quoted passages
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“circumstances at the time of the remand hearing.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“The chancellor believed he had only two options. He would have to find Vaughn immoral or unfit as a parent, or that he had abandoned the child, and then do an Albright analysis to determine Danielle’s best interest.... Or, if he failed to find immorality, unfitness, or abandonment, he would have to grant custody to Vaughn without regard to Danielle’s best interest.... The chancellor found abandonment through Vaughn’s temporary agreement to temporary custody. Following this finding, the chancellor determined that Danielle’s best interest ... w[as] served by continuing to live in Connie’s home, the only home Danielle had ever known. We find that the chancellor was not required to make such a stark choice under these facts. Our custody statute ... offers another option, a finding of desertion.... Thus, the chancellor could have treated Vaughn’s inaction prior to the agreed order as desertion of Danielle. If so, Vaughn would have forfeited the presumption he had as her natural father, even though his actions/inactions do not compare to the behavior our courts have found to constitute abandonment or constructive abandonment. * * * In Leverock, 1 this Court found that a father had deserted his son by “completely avoiding both his moral and legal duties and obligations as a father for more than two years. During this period of time, he showed a complete disregard for the welfare of his young son.” The Leverock Court continued that the father had chosen “to take an extended holiday f”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“At the outset of this discussion, we reaffirm that the paramount and ultimate goal in every child custody case must be the best interests of the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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