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← 2012 ME 75 - Akers v. Akers

Akers v. Akers’s Empirical Analysis

2012

Citation profile

19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
August 2023
most recently cited

19 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Nadeau v. Nadeau · Dongo v. Banks · Smith v. Padolko · Cloutier v. Lear · Sheikh v. Haji

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

  1. “We review the court's factual findings related to the child's best interest to determine whether they are supported by competent evidence in the record. The ultimate determination of the weight to be given each factor requires careful consideration by the court and is left to the sound discretion of the court.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “The trial court is afforded broad discretion in determining the custody and residence of minor children, and we review the court's decision ... upon a motion to modify a divorce judgment for an abuse of discretion.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “The trial court's factual findings are reviewed for clear error.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.