Jaramillo v. Jaramillo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. That since the entry of the Final Decree of Dissolution of Marriage herein, the [father] has properly and adequately cared for the minor child of the parties. 2. That since the entry of the Final Decree of Dissolution of Marriage herein, the [father] and the minor child of the parties had been living with a male roommate, and subsequently moved in with the [father’s] sister. 3. That since the entry of the Final Decree of Dissolution of Marriage herein [the mother] has remarried and has established a stable home environment. 4. That the [mother’s] situation with regard to the care of the minor child of the parties is now more stable than it was at the time of the entry of the Final Decree of Dissolution of Marriage * * * and is now more stable than the [father’s] situation in such regard now is. 5. That said child is still of tender years. 6. That said child is of the same sex as that of the [mother]. 7. That the circumstances of the parties and their minor child pertaining to the custody and support of said minor child have materially changed since the entry of the Final Decree herein.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Seeley v. Jaramillo