104 Conn. App. 26 - Putman v. Kennedy’s Empirical Analysis

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19 state decisions

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

1. “The standard of review in family matters is well settled. An appellate court will not disturb a trial court's orders in domestic relations cases unless the court has abused its discretion or it is found that it could not reasonably conclude as it did, based on the facts presented.... Likewise, [a] prayer for injunctive relief is addressed to the sound discretion of the court and the court's ruling can be reviewed only for the purpose of determining whether the decision was based on an erroneous statement of law or an abuse of discretion....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 182 Conn. App. 353 - Kyle S. v. Jayne K.

2. “[D]omestic violence restraining orders will not issue in the absence of the showing of a threat of violence, specifically a continuous threat of present physical pain or physical injury to the applicant.... The legislature promulgated § 46b-15 to provide an expeditious means of relief for abuse victims.... It is not a statute to provide a remedy in every custody and visitation dispute, however urgent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 182 Conn. App. 353 - Kyle S. v. Jayne K.

3. “The plain language of § 46b-15 clearly requires a continuous threat of present physical pain or physical injury before a court can grant a domestic violence restraining order.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 182 Conn. App. 353 - Kyle S. v. Jayne K.