Hamilton v. Hamilton.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he family court possesses wide discretion in making its decisions and those decisions will not be set aside unless there is a manifest abuse of discretion. Hamilton at 197 , 378 P.3d at 913 . Thus, we will not disturb the family court's decision on appeal unless the family court disregarded rules or principles of law or practice to the substantial detriment of a party litigant and its decision clearly exceeded the bounds of reason.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. HL v. NSL · Sanchez v. Sanchez

2. “[A]n award of attorney's fees is in the sound discretion of the trial court, limited only by the standard that it be fair and reasonable.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Perreira v. Perreira · Crofford v. Adachi

3. “the respective merits of the parties, the relative abilities of the parties, the condition in which each party will be left by the divorce, the burdens imposed upon either party for the benefit of the children of the parties, and all other circumstances of the case.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lapeter v. LaPeter · ST v. KT