11 Ohio App. 3d 279 - Taylor v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
51 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently July 2021 · most notably 98 Ohio App. 3d 748 - Moell v. Moell (1994), Konzelman v. Konzelman (1999)
51 state decisions
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Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he germane issue before the trial court was whether the gentleman in question, by voluntarily undertaking certain aspects of a continuing relationship with the plaintiff, thereby assumed obligations equivalent to those arising from a ceremonial marriage. A sexual relationship, since it customarily follows any such undertaking, would be strong evidence of his having done so, but neither it nor its absence would necessarily be dispositive of the issue. As marriage partners may mutually consent to a cessation of a sexual relationship, or as age or illness may render its practice impossible, all without disturbing the obligations of the contract, so too may it be the case with cohabitation. Sexual intercourse, in short, is not the sine qua non of the ‘cohabitation’....”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“'to prevent a person from receiving support from two sources, each of whom is obligated or voluntarily undertakes the duty of total support.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.