Legal Opinion
E. E. B. v. D. A.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 21, 1982PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
POLLOCK, J.
The issue on this appeal is whether the courts of New Jersey have jurisdiction to determine the best interest of a child in an interstate custody dispute. In this case, prospective adoptive parents seek to retain custody of a three and one-half year old girl who has lived with them since six days after her birth. The Chancery Division determined that the best interest of the child was to remain with the adoptive parents. Previously, the natural mother had obtained a writ of habeas corpus from the Holmes County Juvenile Court in Ohio, the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- May v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- New York Ex Rel. Halvey v. HalveySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- In re CunninghamOhio Supreme Court · 1979
- Ford v. FordSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-JenkinsSupreme Court of Vermont · 2006
- Owens, by and Through, Mosley v. HuffmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
- Brown v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Matter of Adoption of Children by Gpb, Jr.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1999
- Columb v. ColumbSupreme Court of Vermont · 1993
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