Rivero v. Rivero’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
63
cited by 63 later decisions
1
states following
June 2025
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 55 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Neal v. United States · Taylor v. Taylor · Ellis v. Carucci · Halverson v. Hardcastle · Goldman v. Bryan
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“they are not unconscionable, illegal, or in violation of public policy”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“a determination by the court after an evidentiary hearing and finding by clear and convincing evidence that either parent or any other person seeking custody has engaged in one or more acts of domestic violence against. . . a parent of the child or any other person residing with the child creates a rebuttable presumption that sole or joint custody of the child by the perpetrator of the domestic violence is not in the best interest of the child.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[p]arties in family law matters are free to contract regarding child custody and such agreements are generally 'enforceable if they are not unconscionable, illegal, or in violation of public policy.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.