Bell v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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

1. “Section 452.400.2(1) provides, inter alia: The court may modify an order granting or denying visitation rights whenever modification would serve the best interests of the child, but the court shall not restrict a parent’s visitation rights unless it finds that the visitation would endanger the child’s physical health or impair his or her emotional development.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re the Marriage of Amy C. BESHERS (Now Quinn), Petitioner/Appellant/Cross-Respondent, v. Paul W. BESHERS, Respondent/Respondent/Cross-Appellant

2. “Confusingly, courts have often used the term `primary physical custodian' to refer to both a sole physical custodian and a joint physical custodian who has more custody time than the other custodial parent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Melton v. Collins