179 W. Va. 215 - Shimp v. Shimp’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
November 1996
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 167 W. Va. 59 - Garska v. McCoy · 161 W. Va. 45 - Cloud v. Cloud · Jb v. Ab · J. B. v. A. B.
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To justify a change of child custody, in addition to a change in circumstances of the parties, it must be shown that such change would materially promote the welfare of the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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