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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 22 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Bertsch v. Bertsch.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bertsch v. Bertsch Anchor | green | “in awarding visitation to the non-custodial parent, the best interests of the child, rather than the wishes or desires of the parents, are paramount.” | 4 |
| 2 | Morris v. Moller | green | “a district court's award of primary residential responsibility is a finding of fact, which will not be reversed on appeal unless it is clearly erroneous.” | 4 |
| 3 | Morris v. Moller | green | “a finding of fact is clearly erroneous if it is induced by an erroneous view of the law, if no evidence exists to support it, or, although there is some evidence to support it, on the entire record, we are left with a definite and firm conviction a mistake has been made.” | 4 |
| 4 | Hendrickson v. Hendrickson | green | “visitation between a non-custodial parent and a child is presumed to be in the child's best interests and that it is not merely a privilege of the non-custodial parent, but a right of the child.” | 3 |
| 5 | Marsden v. Koop | green | “will not retry a custody case or substitute our judgment for a district court's initial custody decision merely because we might have reached a different result.” | 3 |
| 6 | Hendrickson v. Hendrickson | green | “we have stated visitation between a non-custodial parent and a child is presumed to be in the child's best interests and that it is not merely a privilege of the non-custodial parent, but a right of the child.” | 2 |
| 7 | Bertsch v. Bertsch | green | “the best interests of the child, rather than the wishes or desires of the parents, are paramount.” | 2 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.