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Opinions in Louisiana that cite Wood v. Beard, 290 So. 2d 675.

87 citing documents.

  • Long v. Harris 420 So. 2d 1299 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1982
  • Jones v. Jones 415 So. 2d 300 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1982
  • Smith v. Johnson 415 So. 2d 291 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982
    and place him in a strange environment where he will be competing for attention would not be in the best interest of the child.” In Deville, supra, the Supreme Court emphasized that: “In Wood v. Beard [ ] ...
  • Buchanan v. Malone 415 So. 2d 259 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1982
    Relying on a he contends that it is appropriate for the trial court to determine the fitness of the custodial parent when this issue is raised in response to a writ of habeas corpus.
  • LaPointe v. Menard 412 So. 2d 223 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1982
    State in the Interest of Taylor, (La.App.
  • Primm v. Primm 409 So. 2d 1288 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1982
  • Litton v. Lewis 409 So. 2d 1254 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1982
  • Carline v. Camp 415 So. 2d 216 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1981
    The rule is that a parent “has the paramount right to the custody of the child, and may be deprived of that custody only when there are compelling reasons.”
  • Tutorship of Stanfield 404 So. 2d 522 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1981
  • Powell v. Barsavage 399 So. 2d 1308 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1981
    In the oft-quoted case of Wood v. Beard, *1311 the Court declared at 677: "When the parent competes with non-parents of the child, the parent's right to custody is superior, unless the parent is unable or unfit, having forfeited parental rights.
  • State ex rel. Tooraen 397 So. 2d 69 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1981
  • Ingargiola v. Clesi 396 So. 2d 497 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1981
    * * * the court stated at page 677: “When the parent competes with non-parents of the child, the parent’s right to custody is superior, unless the parent is unable or unfit, having forfeited parental rights.
  • Campbell v. Prejean 392 So. 2d 747 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1980
  • Duffie v. Duffie 387 So. 2d 654 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1980
    His holding, however, (La.
  • Deville v. LaGrange 388 So. 2d 696 La. 1980
  • LaCroix v. Cook 383 So. 2d 59 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1980
    in connection with this rule of parental preference and there really is no occasion for extensive citation of further jurisprudence to the same effect.
  • Burt v. McKee 384 So. 2d 489 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1980
  • Paul v. Cloud 378 So. 2d 586 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1980
  • Juneau v. Bordelon 380 So. 2d 208 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1980
    Wood *210 v. Beard, , supra; In Re State in Interest of Thoman, 253 La.
  • State ex rel. Sharp v. Sharp 375 So. 2d 167 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1979
  • Girouard v. Halpin 368 So. 2d 1139 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1979
  • Tolar v. Cunningham 368 So. 2d 1188 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1979
    In support of her argument
  • Hall v. Hall 367 So. 2d 162 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1979
    recognized as paramount, the right of a parent to custody of his or her children as against a third person and that parents nonetheless may forfeit this right when they are found to be unfit, unable or unwilling, as in the case of abandonment, to provide a home for the children.
  • Snell v. Snell 361 So. 2d 936 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1978
  • Neal v. White 362 So. 2d 1148 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1978
  • Snell v. Snell 347 So. 2d 511 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1977
  • Jobson v. Hodge 347 So. 2d 57 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1977
  • Gautreaux v. Allen 345 So. 2d 103 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1977
  • Grimes v. Johnson 323 So. 2d 150 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1975
    and cases cited therein.
  • Broussard v. Broussard 320 So. 2d 236 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1975
  • Mertens v. Mertens 308 So. 2d 508 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1975
  • Cawthorne v. Williams 313 So. 2d 915 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1975
  • Ingram v. Saragusa 313 So. 2d 324 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1975
  • Bryan v. Bryan 311 So. 2d 32 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1975
    (citing numerous authorities)
  • Wilson v. Wilson 307 So. 2d 674 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1975
    While we can readily understand the attachment which has built up between these children and their maternal grandparents over the several years the children have stayed in their home, (La.
  • Sanders v. Pepper 305 So. 2d 746 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1974
    However, at this particular time, his survival requires constant attention and meticulous care.” (Emphasis supplied by lower court) The law governing a contest for the custody of a child between a parent and a
  • State in Interest of Taylor 296 So. 2d 841 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1974
    Assuming, arguendo, these facts were proven by a preponderance of the evidence, is definitive of this situation: "It is in the best interest of the child of tender years to grant custody to the mother unless the mother is unfit or otherwise unsuitable.