183 W. Va. 468 - Goode v. Goode’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
10 state decisions
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on 18 Cal. 3d 660 - Marvin v. Marvin · Meister v. Moore · 77 Ill. 2d 49 - Hewitt v. Hewitt · 172 W. Va. 158 - LaRue v. LaRue · 182 W. Va. 57 - David M. v. Margaret M.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A court may order a division of property acquired by a man and woman who are unmarried cohabitants, but who have considered themselves and held themselves out to be husband and wife. Such order may be based upon principles of contract, either express or implied, or upon a constructive trust. Factors to be considered in ordering such a division of property may include: the purpose, duration, and stability of the relationship and the expectations of the parties. Provided, however, that if either the man or woman is validly married to another person during the period of cohabitation, the property rights of the spouse and support rights of the children of such man or woman shall not in any way be adversely affected by such division of property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Our decision in this case does nothing to alter our recognition of common-law marriages which are contracted in other states and recognized as valid therein. 'The courts of this state will recognize as valid and will accord legal effect to a common-law marriage created or consummated in another state if common-law marriages are recognized as valid in that state.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[I]n adopting the doctrine of equitable distribution, we stated that such doctrine `rests upon concepts of unjust enrichment[.]'”
1 later decision 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.