Terca v. Terca’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the duration of the marriage; (2) the value of the property owned by the parties; (3) the ages of the parties; (4) the health of the parties; (5) the competency of the parties to earn a living; (6) the contribution of each party to the accumulation of the property; and (7) the income-producing capacity of the parties' assets.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ahrendt v. Chamberlain · Halbersma v. HALBERSMA

2. “when one spouse's work efforts allow[ ] the other spouse to maintain inherited property separately and avoid commingling assets that otherwise would be required for the support and maintenance of the family.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ahrendt v. Chamberlain

3. “We will overturn the circuit court's findings of fact on appeal only when a complete review of the evidence leaves this Court with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made.”

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