Seeley v. Jaramillo’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
December 1990
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schuermann v. Schuermann · Merrill v. Merrill · Edington v. Edington · 385 So. 2d 688 - Adams v. Adams · Lahr v. Lahr
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[f]requent changes of schools and home locations, differences in family structures and in parental personalities are difficult for children to adapt to even under the best of circumstances. Modifications in custody should not be granted too quickly. Once custody has been awarded to a parent, this Court has held that the best interests of the child ordinarily will not be served unless a substantial change has occurred in the circumstances of the custodial home or in the capacity of the custodial parent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Campbell v. Alpers
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.