178 W. Va. 224 - Lambert v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently June 2012 · most notably 184 W. Va. 260 - Gardner v. Gardner (1990), 192 W. Va. 124 - State v. Kelley (1994)
36 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 160 W. Va. 514 - Nichols v. Nichols · 19 Cal. App. 3d 115 - Philbin v. Philbin · 177 W. Va. 742 - Goff v. Goff · 162 W. Va. 477 - In Re Estate of Hereford · Hammers v. Hammers
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 36 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.’ Syllabus, Nichols v. Nichols, 160 W.Va. 514 , 236 S.E.2d 36 (1977).” Syllabus Point 2, Lambert v. Miller, 178 W.Va. 224 , 358 S.E.2d 785 (1987).’ Syllabus Point 2, Whittaker v. Whittaker, 180 W.Va. 57 , 375 S.E.2d 421 (1988).”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“[a] child support order may be modified only upon a substantial change of circumstances which was uncontemplated by either of the parties at the time the order was entered and upon a showing that the benefit of the child requires such modification. W.Va.Code, 48-2-15(e) [1986].”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“(b) Upon ordering the annulment of a marriage or a divorce or granting of [a] decree of separate maintenance, the court may further order all or any part of the following relief: ... (e) At any time after the entry of an order pursuant to the provisions of this section, ... the court may also from time to time afterward, on the verified petition of either of the parties or other proper person having actual or legal custody of the minor child or children of the parties, revise or alter such order concerning the custody and maintenance of the children ... 3”
4 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.