175 W. Va. 135 - Kemp v. Kemp’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
July 1991
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 159 W. Va. 508 - Prete v. Merchants Property Ins. Co. of Ind. · 154 W. Va. 739 - Ball v. Ball · 173 W. Va. 281 - Witte v. Witte · 148 W. Va. 789 - Myers v. Town of Milton
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Rule 52(a) of the West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure requires a trial court in a divorce proceeding to state on the record findings of fact and conclusions of law which support its decision. A divorce decree which dóes not comply with this mandatory requirement may be remanded for compliance.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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