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Opinions in Minnesota that cite Vangsness v. Vangsness, 607 N.W.2d 468.
- In re the Marriage of: Terry John Hietpas v. Barbara Elizabeth Reed f/k/a Barbara Elizabeth Reed Hietpas Minn. Ct. App. 2014
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DuPrece Lashae Slaughter v. Anissa Lachelle Black, Lisa Danielle Willis
Minn. Ct. App. 2014
d 468, 472 (Minn. App. 2000).
- In re the Marriage of: Peiliang Yuan v. Te Hao, and In re the Matter of: Te Hao … Minn. Ct. App. 2014
- In re the Marriage of: DeWayne Stanley Farr v. Sophia Marie Farr Minn. Ct. App. 2014
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In re the Marriage of: Peiliang Yuan v. Te Hao, and In re the Matter of: Te Hao …
Minn. Ct. App. 2014
“That the record might support findings other than those made by the [district] court does not show that the court’s findings are defective.”
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In re the Marriage of: DeWayne Stanley Farr v. Sophia Marie Farr
Minn. Ct. App. 2014
A finding is clearly erroneous only when, viewing the record in a light most favorable to the district court’s decision and deferring to its credibility determinations, “the reviewing court is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made.” (quotation omitted).
- In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of: K. A.-P. and D. P., Parents. Minn. Ct. App. 2014
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In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of: K. A.-P. and D. P., Parents.
Minn. Ct. App. 2014
(stating that the possibility that the record could support an alternative finding does not mean that the district court erred).
- In re the Marriage of: Dawn Marie Mondus Loger v. Cory Scott Loger Minn. Ct. App. 2014
- Jeffrey Philip Dawson v. Sara Rhea Taylor, County of Dakota, Intervenor. Minn. Ct. App. 2014
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In re the Marriage of: Dawn Marie Mondus Loger v. Cory Scott Loger
Minn. Ct. App. 2014
A finding is clearly erroneous if this court is “left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made.” (quotation omitted).
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Jeffrey Philip Dawson v. Sara Rhea Taylor, County of Dakota, Intervenor.
Minn. Ct. App. 2014
Findings are clearly erroneous when, viewing the record in the light most favorable to those findings, we are left with the “definite and firm conviction that a mistake was made.”
- In re the Marriage of: Pamela Kay Beltrand v. Thomas Leo Beltrand Minn. Ct. App. 2014
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In re the Marriage of: Pamela Kay Beltrand v. Thomas Leo Beltrand
Minn. Ct. App. 2014
Findings are clearly erroneous when, viewing the record in the light most favorable to them, they leave us with “‘the definite and firm 3 conviction that a mistake has been made.’” (quoting Fletcher v. St.
- Kristina Hacker Tompach v. Paul Christopher Tompach Minn. Ct. App. 2014
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Kristina Hacker Tompach v. Paul Christopher Tompach
Minn. Ct. App. 2014
The law “leaves scant if any room for an appellate court to question the [district] court’s balancing of best-interests considerations.”
- In re the Marriage of: Kathryn Suzanne Neufeld Hare, n/k/a Kathryn Suzanne Neufeld v. Robert Russell Hare Minn. Ct. App. 2014
- In Re the Custody of: M.-T. L. B. and S.-A. L. B. Rang Ngoc Bang v. Yenthao Thi … Minn. Ct. App. 2014
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In Re the Custody of: M.-T. L. B. and S.-A. L. B. Rang Ngoc Bang v. Yenthao Thi …
Minn. Ct. App. 2014
The law “leaves scant if any room for an appellate court to question the [district] court’s balancing of best-interests considerations.” d 468, 477 (Minn. App. 2000).
- In re the Marriage of: Kathryn Suzanne Neufeld Hare, n/k/a Kathryn Suzanne Neufeld v. Robert Russell Hare Minn. Ct. App. 2014
- In re the Marriage of: Helen Kernik v. James Kernik, Judith Murphy Minn. Ct. App. 2014
- Katherina Theresa Bernhagen v. Peter John Bernhagen Minn. Ct. App. 2014
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Katherina Theresa Bernhagen v. Peter John Bernhagen
Minn. Ct. App. 2014
(explaining our deference to the district court’s credibility determinations on appeal).
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In re the Marriage of: Helen Kernik v. James Kernik, Judith Murphy
Minn. Ct. App. 2014
P. 52.01, and we will only determine a finding to be clearly erroneous if we are left with “the definite and firm conviction that a mistake was made.”
- In re the Marriage of: Christina Lynn Clark v. Shon Raymond Clark Minn. Ct. App. 2014
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In re the Marriage of: Christina Lynn Clark v. Shon Raymond Clark
Minn. Ct. App. 2014
District courts applying best-interests factors are entitled to broad discretion, and the law “leaves scant if any room for an appellate court to question the [district] court’s balancing of best-interests considerations.”
- In re the Matter of: Ronald Lee Kish v. Kimberly Sue Wirth Minn. Ct. App. 2014
- In re the Marriage of: Jonathan Conneely v. Hannah Stancek, f/k/a Hannah Conneely Minn. Ct. App. 2014
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In re the Matter of: Ronald Lee Kish v. Kimberly Sue Wirth
Minn. Ct. App. 2014
“That the record might support findings other than those made by the [district] court does not show that the court’s findings are defective.”
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In re the Marriage of: Jonathan Conneely v. Hannah Stancek, f/k/a Hannah Conneely
Minn. Ct. App. 2014
“A finding is ‘clearly erroneous’ if the reviewing court is ‘left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made.’” (quoting Fletcher v. St.
- In re the Marriage of: Hniya Abdenbi Kouttay v. Ali Jama Yahia Minn. Ct. App. 2014
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In re the Marriage of: Hniya Abdenbi Kouttay v. Ali Jama Yahia
Minn. Ct. App. 2014
In doing so, we review the record “in the light most favorable to the [district] court’s findings,” and we defer to the district court’s credibility determinations, d 203, 210 (Minn. 1988).
- Marriage of Gossman v. Gossman 847 N.W.2d 718 Minn. Ct. App. 2014
- State v. McCormick 835 N.W.2d 498 Minn. Ct. App. 2013
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State v. McCormick
835 N.W.2d 498
Minn. Ct. App. 2013
This standard is satisfied when the reviewing court is left with “the definite and firm conviction that a mistake was made,” “despite viewing [the] evidence in the light most favorable to the [district] court’s findings.” Id.
- Ramirez v. Luna 830 N.W.2d 163 Minn. Ct. App. 2013
- Ramirez v. Luna 830 N.W.2d 163 Minn. Ct. App. 2013
- Marriage of Kremer v. Kremer 827 N.W.2d 454 Minn. Ct. App. 2013
- Marriage of Kremer v. Kremer 827 N.W.2d 454 Minn. Ct. App. 2013
- In re the Welfare of the Child of J.L.L. 801 N.W.2d 405 Minn. Ct. App. 2011
- In re the Welfare of the Child of J.L.L. 801 N.W.2d 405 Minn. Ct. App. 2011
- TORCHWOOD PROPERTIES, LLC v. McKinnon 784 N.W.2d 416 Minn. Ct. App. 2010
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TORCHWOOD PROPERTIES, LLC v. McKinnon
784 N.W.2d 416
Minn. Ct. App. 2010
This is because prejudice is “[t]he primary consideration in determining whether to grant a new trial,” Wild v. Rarig, 302 Minn. 419, 433 , and because “[t]he refusal to grant a new trial will be reversed only if misconduct is so prejudicial that it would be unjust to allow the result to stand,” (quotation omitted).
- Hagen v. Schirmers 783 N.W.2d 212 Minn. Ct. App. 2010
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Hagen v. Schirmers
783 N.W.2d 212
Minn. Ct. App. 2010
The law “leaves scant if any room for an appellate court to question the [district] court’s balancing of best-interests considerations.”
- Schisel v. Schisel 762 N.W.2d 265 Minn. Ct. App. 2009
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Schisel v. Schisel
762 N.W.2d 265
Minn. Ct. App. 2009
272, 272 (1895) (noting “paramount” question in custody dispute is “what would be most for the benefit of the infant”); (stating “[a] child’s best interests are the fundamental focus of custody decisions”).
- In Re the Welfare of the Child of T.C.M. 758 N.W.2d 340 Minn. Ct. App. 2008
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In Re the Welfare of the Child of T.C.M.
758 N.W.2d 340
Minn. Ct. App. 2008
“That the record might support findings other than those made by the trial court does not show that the court’s findings are defective.”
- Marriage of Thompson v. Thompson 739 N.W.2d 424 Minn. Ct. App. 2007