180 W. Va. 631 - Michael R. v. SANDRA E.’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 167 W. Va. 59 - Garska v. McCoy · 177 W. Va. 710 - Nancy Viola R. v. RANDOLPH W. · 161 W. Va. 45 - Cloud v. Cloud · 175 W. Va. 330 - West Virginia Department of Human Services v. La Rea Ann C.L. · 173 W. Va. 133 - State Ex Rel. Hamstead v. Dostert
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 2 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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