132 N.C. App. 82 - Atkinson v. Atkinson’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
June 2018
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Calloway v. Ford Motor Company · 80 N.C. App. 561 - Hinson v. Hinson · Howell v. Howell · Smithwick v. Crutchfield · Smithwick v. Crutchfield
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) At any time after a husband and wife begin to live separate and apart from each other , a claim for equitable distribution may be filed and adjudicated, either as a separate civil action, or together with any other action brought pursuant to Chapter 50 of the General Statutes, or as a motion in the cause as provided by G.S. 50-11(e) or (f).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“An exception to this rule allows a subsequent trial judge to rehear an issue and enter a ruling “if there has been a material change in the circumstances of the parties and the initial ruling was one which was addressed to the discretion of the trial judge.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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