151 N.C. App. 290 - LaValley v. LaValley’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
33
cited by 33 later decisions
1
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
33 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 133 N.C. App. 221 - Cox v. Cox · 134 N.C. App. 82 - Buckingham v. Buckingham · Sikes v. Sikes · 149 N.C. App. 427 - Cole v. Cole
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f a child custody order is temporary in nature and the matter is again set for hearing, the trial court is to determine custody using the best interests of the child test without requiring either party to show a substantial change in circumstances.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“must be addressed on a case-by-case basis”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[w]hen a temporary order is entered without prejudice in a custody proceeding, the trial court is required to ascertain the child's best interests at a subsequent hearing based only on the state of events that existed prior to the date of the temporary order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.