Griffith Ex Rel. Griffith v. Griffith’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Here a judgmental test is involved. The California court would have, under this test, jurisdiction which ousts the Hawaii court of its jurisdiction under § 583-3(a)(2)(A), only if “it is in the best interest of the child” that a California court assume jurisdiction. That conclusion could not be reached unless the conditions of §§ 583-3(a)(2)(A) and (B) were satisfied, i.e., that both the child and one of his parents had a significant connection with California, and that substantial evidence of the child’s present or future care, protection, training and personal relationships was present in California.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Allen v. Allen · Allen v. Allen

2. “§583-3 Jurisdiction, (a) A court of this State which is competent to decide child custody matters has jurisdiction to make a child custody determination by initial or modification decree if: (1) This State (A) is the home state of the child at the time of commencement of the proceeding, or (B) had been the child’s home state within six months before commencement of the proceeding and the child is absent from this State because of his removal or retention by a person claiming his custody or for other reasons, and a parent or person acting as parent continues to live in this State; or * * * Section 583-2(5) of the HUCCJA defines “home state” as follows: § 583-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter: * * * (5) “Home state” means the state in which the child immediately preceding the time involved lived with his parents, a parent, or a person acting as parent, for at least six consecutive months, and in the case of a child less than six months old the state in which the child lived from birth with any of the persons mentioned. Periods of temporary absence of any of the named persons are counted as part of the six-month or other period; * * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 3 Haw. App. 194 - Bullard v. Bullard

3. “the record enables us to confirm the factual foundation for acceptance of jurisdiction by the family court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. MJ v. CR .