150 Ohio App. 3d 287 - Walters v. Walters’s Empirical Analysis

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24 state decisions

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

1. “[b]ecause R.C. 3113.31 expressly authorizes the courts to craft protection orders that are tailored to the particular circumstances, it follows that the trial court has discretion in establishing the scope of a protection order, and that judgment ought not be disturbed absent an abuse of discretion. When the issue is whether a protection order should have issued at all, however, the resolution of that question depends on whether the petitioner has shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the petitioner or the petitioner's family or household member was entitled to relief.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martindale v. Martindale · Williams v. Hupp

2. “has shown by a preponderance of the evidence that petitioner or petitioner's family or household members are in danger of domestic violence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ross v. Ross, Unpublished Decision (8-18-2006) · Birkhimer v. Dean, Unpublished Decision (6-3-2004)

3. “And there's a pattern of conduct here. Taking in isolation the events of August 9 [the date on the petition] probably would not be enough for me to have issued a civil protection order against the respondent. But with the testimony of the prior altercations between the petitioner and the respondent, I find that the petitioner has proved by a preponderance of the evidence that she is in danger of domestic violence from the respondent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Young v. Young, Unpublished Decision (3-3-2006)