Stavinoha v. Stavinoha’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently January 2025
20 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 257th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on In the Interest of J.F.C. · In the interest of C.H. · 358 So. 2d 919 - Sims v. Sims · Cearley v. Cearley · Taggart v. Taggart
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]hen we conduct a legal sufficiency review of a separate property finding, we are instructed to look at all the evidence in the light most favorable to the finding to determine whether a reasonable trier of fact could have formed a firm belief or conviction that its finding was true. Looking at the evidence in the light most favorable to the finding means that we must (1) assume that the fact finder resolved disputed facts in favor of its finding if a reasonable fact finder could do so, and (2) disregard all contrary evidence that a reasonable fact finder could have disbelieved or found to have been incredible. However, we are not required to disregard undisputed facts that do not support the finding, because that might skew a clear and convincing analysis. If we determine that no reasonable fact finder could form a firm belief or conviction of the truth of the matter to be proved, we must conclude that the evidence is legally insufficient.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[w]e must consider whether all of the evidence is such that a factfinder could reasonably form a firm belief or conviction about the truth of the allegations sought to be established. We should consider whether disputed evidence is such that a reasonable fact finder could not have resolved that disputed evidence in favor of its finding. If, in light of the entire record, the disputed evidence that a reasonable fact finder could not have credited in favor of the finding is so significant that a fact finder could not reasonably have formed a firm belief or conviction, then the evidence is factually insufficient. If we determine the evidence is factually insufficient, we are to detail in our opinion why we have concluded that a reasonable fact finder could not have credited disputed evidence in favor of the finding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“does not alter the community property character of the retirement benefits, most of which were earned by virtue of work during the existence of the community [and] vested during the existence of the community”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. CUMMINGS v. SASNETT
How this case has been treated — in progress
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