176 W. Va. 537 - Goddard v. Goddard’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
July 1992
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 160 W. Va. 514 - Nichols v. Nichols · 162 W. Va. 289 - Dyer v. Tsapis · 171 W. Va. 458 - Fc v. Ivc · F.C. v. I.V.C. · 172 W. Va. 293 - Peremba v. Peremba
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Questions relating to alimony and to the maintenance and custody of the children are within the sound discretion of the court and its action with respect to such matters will not be disturbed on appeal unless it clearly appears that such discretion has been abused.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.