818 So. 2d 569 - Bateman v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 460 So. 2d 368 - Nero v. McWhite · 97 So. 2d 18 - State Ex Rel. Sparks v. Reeves · 665 So. 2d 1093 - Murphy v. Markham-Crawford · 600 So. 2d 487 - In Re Marriage of Matzen · 554 So. 2d 1184 - Tyre v. Department of Corrections
Most-quoted passages
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“Detriment is defined as `more than the normal trauma caused to a child by uprooting him from familiar surroundings such as often occurs by reason of divorce, death of a parent or adoption. It contemplates a longer term adverse effect that transcends the normal adjustment period in such cases.' To deny a parent custody of his child based on a finding of detriment, the change in custody would have to be `likely to produce mental, physical, or emotional harm of a lasting nature'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[w]hen the custody dispute is between a natural parent and a third party,... the test must include consideration of the right of a natural parent `to enjoy the custody, fellowship and companionship of his offspring .... This is a rule older than the common law itself.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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