79 Md. App. 708 - Hill v. Hill’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 2006
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wood v. Strickland · Harper v. Harper · Bureau of Mines v. George's Creek Coal and Land Co. · Hood v. Hood · Matter of Anderson
Most-quoted passages
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““From this language it will be seen that courts of equity in this state have full power, and it is their duty, to determine who shall have the custody, control and guardianship of minor children, and who shall be charged with their maintenance and support, when applied to by any of the persons mentioned in the statute; and this without regard to the question of whether or not the parents of said child or children have been divorced or are living apart.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ricketts v. Ricketts“(2) determine who shall have visitation rights to a child;”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ricketts v. Ricketts
How this case has been treated — in progress
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