736 So. 2d 514 - Sullivan v. Stringer’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 564 So. 2d 839 - Cumberland v. Cumberland · 431 So. 2d 1139 - Cheek v. Ricker · 480 So. 2d 1120 - Carr v. Carr · 681 So. 2d 97 - Cummings v. Benderman · 692 So. 2d 65 - Anderson v. Anderson
Most-quoted passages
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“The impact of these relationships, either by themselves or in conjunction with other factors, must rise to a level justifying a change in custody. The supreme court has made plain, despite the criminal nature of these acts, that cohabitation is relevant only to the extent it can be shown to affect the child adversely. Cheek v. Ricker, 431 So.2d 1139, 1144 (Miss.1983). In effect[,] the supreme court has indicated that the mores of modern society are such that moral conduct by a custodial parent is difficult to make a requirement in a divorce. Absent a finding of some conduct harmful in a more specific sense than the certain knowledge of sexual relations between unmarried adults, one of whom is the custodial parent, the court has held that custody cannot be withheld on that basis.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“What we are left with is that the existence of the relationship is insufficient, but if the relationship is coupled with other conduct that indicates the custodial parent's behavior is harmful in additional ways, custody can be changed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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