1 Va. App. 305 - Brawand v. Brawand’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently September 2004 · most notably 7 Va. App. 553 - Reid v. Reid (1989), 13 Va. App. 494 - Riley v. Commonwealth (1992)
29 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Rowand v. Rowand · Breschel v. Breschel · Hoback v. Hoback · Graham v. Graham · Butler v. Butler
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is to be guided by the general rule that when one of the parties has broken off the matrimonial cohabitation by departing from their place of residence, the burden of going forward with the evidence of justification rests upon the party claiming it, unless such justification appears from the testimony adduced by the other party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Vaughan v. Vaughan“Desertion is a breach of matrimonial duty and is composed first of the breaking off of the matrimonial cohabitation and, secondly, an intent to desert in the mind of the offender. Both must combine to make the desertion complete.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Vaughan v. Vaughan“In the absence of evidence to show justification or excuse for leaving, wife would be guilty of desertion as claimed by husband as the intent would necessarily be inferred. (Citing Graham v. Graham, 210 Va. 608 (1970).)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Widener v. Widener
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.