Ozkan v. Ozkan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he superior court shall have jurisdiction to make a child custody determination by initial or modification decree if: (1) This state (A) is the home state of the child at the time of commencement of the proceeding, or (B) had been the child's home state within six months before the commencement of the proceeding and the child is absent from this state because of his removal or retention by a person claiming his custody or for other reasons, and a parent or person acting as a parent continues to live in this state . . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1995 Conn. Super. Ct. 10958 - Conway v. Conway, No. Fa 900113585s (Sep. 21, 1995)

2. “A court's decision on whether it has jurisdiction to make a child custody determination under General Statutes 46b-93 should only be made `after a plenary hearing with a full explication of the facts essential to the decision.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1993 Conn. Super. Ct. 8367 - Gooden v. Gooden, No. 062221 (Oct. 14, 1993)

3. “the child is physically present in this state and . . . it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because he has been subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse or is otherwise neglected or dependent”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Doucette v. Murray, No. 0541490 (Jul. 1, 1997)