Tradler v. Tradler’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 state decisions

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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The evidence must support and the trial court must make a specific finding that a party engaged in intentional misconduct that resulted in the dissipation of a marital asset during the dissolution proceedings before the trial court can include that asset in the equitable distribution scheme.... Without evidence and a specific finding of misconduct, the trial court abuses its discretion in including a dissipated asset in the equitable distribution scheme.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 173 So. 3d 1111 - Kyriacou v. Kyriacou

2. “[T]o justify inclusion of a dissipated -6- asset in the equitable distribution . . . . the evidence must show 'the spending spouse's intentional dissipation or destruction of the asset.' " Tradler, 100 So. 3d at 740 (quoting Roth v. Roth, 973 So. 2d 580, 585 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008)). "Without evidence and a specific finding of misconduct, the trial court abuses its discretion in including a dissipated asset in the equitable distribution scheme.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. ANTONIO SORIA v. LUCINDA SORIA

3. “This court has held that it is error to include assets in an equitable distribution scheme that have been diminished or dissipated during the dissolution proceedings unless there has been misconduct during the proceedings that results in the dissipation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. ANTONIO SORIA v. LUCINDA SORIA