184 W. Va. 355 - Efaw v. Efaw’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
September 2010
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 167 W. Va. 59 - Garska v. McCoy
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.
“[t]he children have developed a stable relationship with their father and grandparents.... To remove the children from such an established environment would jeopardize their emotional stability....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“`[t]he primary caretaker is that natural or adoptive parent who, until the initiation of the divorce proceedings, has been primarily responsible for the caring and nurturing of the child'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.