171 N.C. App. 550 - Cunningham v. Cunningham’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
38 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 6323
Relies on 10 N.C. App. 545 - In Re Custody of Stancil · 81 N.C. App. 159 - Lawing v. Lawing · Phelps v. Phelps · 143 N.C. App. 387 - Friend-Novorska v. Novorska · 74 N.C. App. 231 - Atwell v. Atwell
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A trial court must value all marital and divisible property... in order to reasonably determine whether the distribution ordered is equitable.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“"The division of property in an equitable distribution is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court." When reviewing an equitable distribution order, the standard of review "is limited to a determination of whether there was a clear abuse of discretion." "A trial court may be reversed for abuse of discretion only upon a showing that its actions are manifestly unsupported by reason."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[W]hen no finding is made regarding the value of an item of distributable property, a trial court's findings are insufficient even if a determination is made with respect to the percentage of a distributable property's value to which each party is entitled.”
2 later decisions 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.