2011 UT App 141 - Boyer v. Boyer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 15 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “First, the trial court should distinguish between separate and marital property; second, it should consider whether there are exceptional cireumstances that overcome the general presumption that marital property [should] be divided equally between the parties; third, it should assign values to each item of marital property; and fourth, it should distribute the property in a manner consistent with its findings and with a view toward allowing each party to go forward with his or her separate life. ,>”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Allen v. Allen · Taft v. Taft

2. “[TJhe length of the marriage, the age of the recipient spouse, and the employment history and employability of the recipient spouse are relevant factors to consider in determining whether an award of rehabilitative alimony, rather than traditional alimony, is appropriate.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2014 UT App 211 - Roberts v. Roberts · 2013 UT App 232 - Woolums v. Woolums

3. “Trial courts have considerable discretion in determining ... property distribution in divorce cases, and [such determinations] will be upheld on appeal unless a clear and prejudicial abuse of discretion is demonstrated.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Osborne v. Osborne · Taft v. Taft