179 W. Va. 536 - Lowe v. Lowe’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
1
states following
June 1999
most recently cited
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Beck v. Beck · 167 W. Va. 59 - Garska v. McCoy · 131 W. Va. 302 - State Ex Rel. Lipscomb v. Joplin · 152 W. Va. 119 - Holstein v. Holstein · 117 W. Va. 476 - Settle v. Settle
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A cardinal criterion for an award of joint custody is the agreement of the parties and their mutual ability to co-operate in reaching shared decisions in matters affecting the child’s welfare.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage““Under West Virginia Code § 48-2-15 (1986 Replacement Vol.), a circuit court may, in the divorce order, provide for joint custody of minor children when the parties so agree and when, in the discretionary judgment of the circuit court, such an agreement promotes the welfare of the child.””
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.