State Supreme Court / Wash.

In Re Parentage of LB

Decided November 3, 2005. Bobbe Jean Bridge wrote the opinion for the court.

122 P.3d 161 · Cited 146 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

E.N.O. v. L.M.M. · 429 Mass. 824
Connell v. Francisco · 898 P.2d 831
Borenback v. Borenback · 208 P.2d 635
Schwebke v. Lutheran Social Services · 815 P.2d 1380
Smith v. Stillwell-Smith · 137 Wash. 2d 1
In Re Custody of Smith · 969 P.2d 21
In Re Custody of HSHK · 533 N.W.2d 419
In Re Parentage of CAMA · 109 P.3d 405
Appel v. Appel · 154 Wash. 2d 52
State Ex Rel. Drm · 34 P.3d 887
In Re the Welfare of Sumey · 621 P.2d 108
C.E.W. v. D.E.W. · 845 A.2d 1146
In Re Day · 65 P.2d 1049
Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390
Pierce v. Society of Sisters · 268 U.S. 510
Washington State Coalition for the Homeless v. Department of Social & Health Services · 133 Wash. 2d 894
Elisa B. v. Superior Court · 117 P.3d 660
Kristine H. v. Lisa R. · 117 P.3d 690
Wilson Court v. Tony Maroni's · 952 P.2d 590
McDaniels v. Carlson · 738 P.2d 254
In Re the Welfare of Aschauer · 611 P.2d 1245
V.C. v. M.J.B. · 163 N.J. 200
Childers v. Childers · 575 P.2d 201
T.B. v. L.R.M. · 786 A.2d 913
State v. Jackson · 137 Wash. 2d 712

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In Re Parentage of JAB · 191 P.3d 71
Jones v. Barlow · 2007 UT 20
In Re Dependency of Dm · 149 P.3d 433
In Re Custody of Shields · 136 P.3d 117
Conover v. Conover · 146 A.3d 433
Smith v. Gordon · 968 A.2d 1
Lp v. Lf · 2014 WY 152
Andersen v. King County · 138 P.3d 963
Moreau v. Sylvester, Sylvester v. Moreau · 196 Vt. 183
In Re Adoption of RLM · 156 P.3d 940
Janice M. v. Margaret K. · 948 A.2d 73
In re Dependency of E.H. · 427 P.3d 587
In Re Marriage of Anderson · 141 P.3d 80
Shields v. Harwood · 157 Wash. 2d 126
In Re Welfare of TB · 209 P.3d 497
Potter v. Washington State Patrol · 165 Wash. 2d 67
Potter v. Washington State Patrol · 196 P.3d 691
Matthew W. Pitts v. Amanda M. Moore · 2014 ME 59
Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins · 2006 VT 78
A.A. v. B.B. · 139 Haw. 102
In re the Parentage of M.F. · 141 Wash. App. 558
In re the Custody of J.E. · 189 Wash. App. 175

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