17 Wis. 2d 434 - Patrick v. Patrick’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
35 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably Braatz v. Braatz (1999), Leithold v. Plass (1967)
35 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on McFadden v. McFadden · Neblett v. Neblett · Julien v. Julien
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[c]ustody embraces the sum of parental rights with respect to the rearing of a child, including its care.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““. . . [EJmbraces the sum of parental rights with respect to the rearing of a child, including his care. It includes the right to the child’s services and earnings, and the right to direct his activities and make decisions regarding his care and control, education, health, and religion. . . .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Minor children are entitled to the love and companionship of both parents insofar as this is possible and consistent with their welfare.””
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.