Hanson v. Hanson’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently February 2023
17 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Van Dyke v. Van Dyke · N.C.C. v. C.S.C. · Hurt v. Freeland · Lovin v. Lovin · Dinger Ex Rel. Dinger v. Strata Corp.
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[¶ 9] The court may modify a prior custody order after the two-year period following the date of entry of an order establishing custody if the court finds: a. On the basis of facts that have arisen since the prior order or which were unknown to the court at the time of the prior order, a material change has occurred in the circum stances of the child or the parties; and b. The modification is necessary to serve the best interest of the child.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Hanson v. Hanson · Frieze v. Frieze“[t]he supreme court may take appropriate action against any person failing to perform an act required by rule or court order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bll v. Wdc“is used as an enforcement tool to encourage compliance with the North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bll v. Wdc
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.