Rodriguez v. Rodriguez’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
November 2025
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Buchanan v. Buchanan · Heim v. Heim · Rutar v. Rutar · Lofgren v. Lofgren · Wheeler v. Upton-Wheeler
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Alimony is financial support paid from one spouse to the other whenever justice and equity require it.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[W]hen considering an award of alimony, the court may not consider either party's misconduct or fault.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Alimony is not a sword to level the wrongdoer. Alimony is not a prize to reward virtue.”
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.