Heinlein v. Stefan’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2002
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Maryland v. Wilson · Davis v. Davis · State v. Wilson · Cedar Creek Oil & Gas Co. v. Fidelity Gas Co. · 63 Md. App. 729 - Ticer v. Ticer
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
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1 later decision quote this exact passage“Subsection (a)(3) then deals with the third and final time period, the time “after the 90-day period.” That period stretches endlessly from the 91st day to an open-ended future. The court’s authority to act beyond the 90th day, however, is cabined in by three pre-conditions.... Subsection (a)(3) gives the court the authority to “determine which property is marital property”: (3) after the 90-day period if: (i) the court expressly reserves in the annulment or divorce decree the power to make the determination; (ii) during the 90-day period, the court extends the time for making the determination; and (iii) the parties consent to the extension.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Subsection (a) confers on the court the authority to “determine which property is marital property.” There are then set out three times at which or time periods within which the court may make such a determination. Subsection (a)(1) provides that the court may make the marital property determination at the time the court “grants an annulment or an absolute divorce.” There are no conditions or limitations placed upon the judge’s authority to make the determi nation at that time. It is simply inherent in the court’s authority to decide the divorce case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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