Becnel v. Becnel’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
June 2017
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 708 So. 2d 731 - Evans v. Lungrin · Hawthorne v. Hawthorne · Maxwell v. LeBlanc · 644 So. 2d 789 - Connelly v. Connelly · 643 So. 2d 478 - Muller v. Muller
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The parent who drifts away from his children because of a divorce or separation may be able to improve his damaged relationship with his offspring later in life, but he and they will never be able to re-create their lost time together. For this reason, the fit, noncustodial parent who wants to remain an active force in his children's lives should be given the utmost encouragement by the courts. Curtailing his visitation, or dictating the character of it, in order to further the religious wishes of a custodial parent is not in harmony with this goal[.] * * * [C]ourts that treat the visitation and constitutional rights of parents cavalierly or casually serve neither the parties before them nor the cause of justice. Higginbotham, "Mom, Do I Have to Go to Church?": The Noncustodial Parent's Obligation to Carry Out the Custodial Parent's Religious Plans, 31 Fam. L.Q. 585 , 596 (1997).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““A parent not granted custody or joint custody of a child is entitled to reasonable visitation rights unless: the court finds,- after a hearing, that visitation would not be in the best interest of the child.” La. Civ.Code Art. 136(A). The law recognizes the non-custodial parent’s entitlement to reasonable visitation unless it is shown it would seriously endanger the child’s mental, moral or emotional health. Maxwell v. LeBlanc, 434 So.2d 375, 377 (La.1983). The heights of any parent, however, are always subservient to the best interests of the child. Maxwell v. LeBlanc, 434 So.2d at 377 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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