643 So. 2d 408 - Cooley v. Cooley’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 383 So. 2d 1231 - Cleeton v. Cleeton · 404 So. 2d 963 - Stephenson v. Stephenson · 619 So. 2d 178 - Kleiser v. Kleiser · 592 So. 2d 862 - Stanley v. Stanley · 610 So. 2d 183 - Miller v. Miller
Most-quoted passages
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“The trial court is in a better position to evaluate the best interest of the child from observances of the parties and witnesses; thus, a trial court's determination in a child custody case is entitled to great weight on appeal and will not be disturbed unless there is a clear abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Aucoin v. Aucoin
How this case has been treated — in progress
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