428 So. 2d 51 - Mathews v. Mathews’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
November 1995
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 56 Ala. App. 318 - Womble v. Womble · Williams v. Williams · Brock v. Brock · Jackson Lumber Co. v. Butler · Ford v. Ford
Most-quoted passages
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“"It is a well settled legal principal that when testimony is taken ore tenus, there is a strong presumption that the trial court's ruling with regard to child custody is correct. The trial judge is in a position to observe and hear the evidence personally and we cannot reverse on appeal unless the ruling is so unsupported by the evidence that it constitutes an abuse of judicial discretion, and is therefore clearly and palpably wrong."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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