Halbersma v. HALBERSMA’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
23
cited by 23 later decisions
1
states following
July 2025
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lien v. Lien · Grode v. Grode · Billion v. Billion · Temple v. Temple · Terca v. Terca
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(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.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“South Dakota is an 'all property state,' meaning all property of the 'divorcing parties is subject to equitable division by the circuit court, regardless of title or origin.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“The circuit court [should] not [ ] become entangled in the semantics of marital versus nonmarital property.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.