64 Md. App. 154 - Olson v. Olson’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently May 2014 · most notably 99 Md. App. 521 - Malik v. Malik (1994), 110 Md. App. 95 - Harris v. Simmons (1996)
36 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
Relies on May v. Anderson · People of State of New York Halvey v. Halvey · Clark v. Elza · Biro v. Schombert · 84 Ill. 2d 212 - Siegel v. Siegel
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) When other state more appropriate—Except as otherwise provided in § 9.5-204 of this subtitle, a court of this State may not exercise its jurisdiction under this subtitle if, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, a proceeding concerning the custody of the child has been commenced 2 in a court of another state having jurisdiction substantially in conformity with this title, unless the proceeding has been terminated or is stayed by the court of the other state because a court of this State is a more convenient forum under § 9.5-207 of this subtitle.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“§ 9-204. When court has jurisdiction. (a) Grounds for jurisdiction.—A court of this State which is competent to decide child custody matters has jurisdiction to make a child custody determination by initial decree or modification decree if: (1) this State (i) is the home state of the child at the time of commencement of the proceeding, or (ii) had been the child’s home state within 6 months before commencement of the proceedings and the child is absent from this State because of the child’s removal or retention by a person claiming custody or for other reasons, and a parent or person acting as parent continues to live in this State; (2) it is in the best interest of the child that a court of this State assume jurisdiction because (i) the child and the child’s parents, or the child and at least 1 contestant, have a significant connection with this State, and (ii) there is available in this State substantial evidence concerning the child’s present or future care, protection, training, and personal relationships; (3) the child is physically present in this State and (i) the child has been abandoned or (ii) it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child has been subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse or is otherwise neglected or dependent; or (4) (i) it appears that no other state would have jurisdiction under prerequisites substantially in accord anee with items (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection or another state has declined to exercise j”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rypma v. Stehr“(a) The appropriate authorities of every State shall enforce according to its terms, and shall not modify except as provided in subsections (1), (g), and (h) of this section, any custody determination or visitation determination made consistently with the provisions of this section by a court of another State. (c) A child custody or visitation determination made by a court of a State is consistent with the provisions of this section only if— (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”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Toland v. Futagi
How this case has been treated — in progress
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