Goff v. Goff’s Empirical Analysis

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20 state decisions

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

1. “[w]e will reverse if the trial court's analysis fails to give sufficient credence to the need for keeping the custodial family intact.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Porter v. Porter · Oppegard-Gessler v. Gessler

2. “After receiving evidence of an extensive, but unfruitful, job search in the Fargo Moorhead area, we do not believe it reasonable for a trial court to suggest a custodial parent must seek employment that would involve a daily commute outside of the community where the parent and children reside. The failure to seek a job that requires such commuting is not appropriate evidence of lack of a good faith effort to find employment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dickson v. Dickson

3. “Distance alone is not a sufficient basis to deny relocation; it must be considered in the context of the ability to refashion a visitation schedule that can foster the noncustodial parent/child relationship.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Porter v. Porter