647 So. 2d 414 - Boyd v. Boyd’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Baxter v. Palmigiano · Fulco v. Fulco · 383 So. 2d 1231 - Cleeton v. Cleeton · Fu Ching v. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies · 499 So. 2d 963 - Economy Auto Salvage, Inc. v. Allstate Ins. Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“(1) The love, affection, and other emotional ties between each party and the child; (2) The capacity and disposition of each party to give the child love, affection, and spiritual guidance and to continue the education and rearing of the child; (3) The capacity and disposition of each party to provide the child with food, clothing, medical care, and other material needs; (4) The length of time the child has lived in a stable, adequate environment, and the desirability of maintaining continuity of that environment; (5) The permanence, as a family unit, of the existing or proposed custodial home or homes; (6) The moral fitness of each party, insofar as it affects the welfare of the child; (7) The mental and physical health of each party; (8) The home, school, and community history of the child; (9) The reasonable preference of the child, if the court deems the child to be of sufficient age to express a preference; (10) The willingness and ability of each party to facilitate and encourage a close and continuing relationship between the child and the other party; (11) The distance between the respective residences of the parties; and (12) The responsibility for the care and rearing of the child previously exercised by each party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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