Thompson v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 1983
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 25 Ill. App. 2d 181 - Arden v. Arden · 48 Ill. App. 3d 328 - People Ex Rel. Rathbun v. Rathbun · Russell v. Kellum · 80 Ill. App. 3d 41 - In Re Custody of Russell
Most-quoted passages
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“(b) The court shall not modify a prior custody judgment unless it finds, upon the basis of facts that have arisen since the prior judgment or that were unknown to the court at the time of entry of the prior judgment, that a change has occurred in the circumstances of the child or his custodian and that the modification is necessary to serve the best interest of the child. In applying these standards the court shall retain the custodian appointed pursuant to the prior judgment unless: (1) the custodian agrees to the modification; (2) the child has been integrated into the family of the petitioner with consent of the custodian; or (3) the child’s present environment endangers seriously his physical, mental, moral or emotional health and the harm likely to be caused by a change of environment is outweighed by its advantages to him.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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