198 W. Va. 487 - Haller v. Haller’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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

1. “W.Va.Code 48-2--iS (1993) grants the circuit court in a divorce proceeding plenary power to order and enforce a noncustodial parent's visitation rights with his or her children. W.Va.Code 48-2--15(b)(1)(1993), visitation, provides, in pertinent part: The court may provide for the custody of minor children of the parties, subject to such rights of visitation, both in and out of the residence of the custodial parent or other person or persons having custody, as may be appropriate under the circumstances. In every action where visitation is awarded, the court shall specify a schedule for visitation by the noncustodial parent. Syl. Pt. 2, Carter v. Carter, 196 W.Va. 239 , 470 S.E.2d 193 (1996).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 203 W. Va. 48 - Hawk v. Hawk · 199 W. Va. 209 - State Ex Rel. Isferding v. Canady

2. “The UCCJA encourages discussion and collaboration between the judges in the courts which could potentially assume jurisdiction over the matter, as evidenced by its provisions regarding inconvenient forums and simultaneous proceedings in other states. West Virginia Code § 48 — 10—7(d) provides that a court, prior to determining whether to retain jurisdiction, “may communicate with a court of another state and exchange information pertinent to the assumption of jurisdiction by either court with a view to assuring that jurisdiction will be exercised by the more appropriate court and that a forum will be available to the parties.” West Virginia Code § 48-10-6(c) specifies that if a court discovers, during the pendency of its own proceeding, the antecedent existence of a proceeding concerning custody in another state, “it shall stay the proceeding and communicate with the court in which the other proceeding is pending to the end that the issue may be litigated in the more appropriate forum and that information be exchanged in accordance with sections nineteen, twenty, twenty-one and twenty-two [§§ 48-10-19, 48-10-20, 48-10-21 and 48-10-22] of this article.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 203 W. Va. 335 - West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources ex rel. Hisman v. Angela D.