38 Wash. 2d 769 - Atkinson v. Atkinson’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
December 1989
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“[w]e are loathe to disturb the determination of the trial court with reference to the custody of children,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“From a technical standpoint, the trial court was justified in refusing to reopen the case for the proffered testimony, as it could have been offered at the trial and was cumulative; and we find no error in that ruling. However, it seems to us that in this most difficult of all problems, the custody of children, the trial court should seek all the light available.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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