Hathaway v. Bergheim’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
3
states following
July 2016
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Fuerstenberg v. Fuerstenberg · Price v. Price
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The trial court may consider these factors in determining which parent should have primary care of the child: (1) parental fitness; (2) stability; (3) primary caretaker; (4) child's preference; (5) harmful parental misconduct; (6) separation of siblings; and (7) substantial change in circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People Ex Rel. Cg“Trial courts possess broad discretion in deciding the best interests of a child; their decisions will only be disturbed upon a finding of abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People Ex Rel. Cg“In determining the best interests of a child, the court must consider the child's temporal, mental and moral welfare.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People Ex Rel. Cg
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.