Hall v. Hall’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) age, health, and sex of the child; (2) a determination of the parent that has had the continuity bf care prior to the separation; (3) which has the best parenting skills and which has the willingness and capacity to provide primary child care; (4) the employment of the parent and responsibilities of that employment; ■ (5) physical and mental health and, age of the parents; (6) emotional ties of parent and child; (7) moral fitness-.of .the parents; (8) the home, school and community record of the child; (9) the preference of the child at the age sufficient to express a preference by law; (10) stability of home environment and employment of each parent[;] and [11] other factors relevant to the parent-child relationship.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 180 So. 3d 810 - Lauren Paige Woodard Mitchell v. Adam Stephenson Mitchell

2. “In order to determine whether or not the chancellor was manifestly wrong, clearly erroneous or abused his discretion in applying the Albright factors, we review the evidence and testimony presented at trial under each factor to ensure his ruling was supported by the record.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Heather Marie Dunnam v. Shaun Dunnam

3. “[T]his Court cannot reweigh the evidence and must defer to the chancellor's findings of the facts, so long as they are supported by substantial evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sean Harden v. Danielle Dawn Scarborough