188 W. Va. 235 - Cunningham v. Cunningham’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 161 W. Va. 45 - Cloud v. Cloud · 185 W. Va. 117 - JUDITH R. v. Hey · 186 W. Va. 259 - Stevens v. Stevens · 187 W. Va. 35 - Richardson v. Richardson · 185 W. Va. 228 - Burdette v. Adkins
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 4 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 majoritye.g. Lesavich v. Anderson
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.