204 Wis. 2d 474 - Socha v. Socha’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 192 Wis. 2d 277 - Envirologix Corp. v. City of Waukesha · 202 Wis. 2d 258 - Armstrong v. Milwaukee Mutual Insurance · 132 Wis. 2d 456 - Pettygrove Ex Rel. Scholl v. Pettygrove · Singer Ex Rel. Cohen v. Jones · Musch v. H-D Cooperative, Inc.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If a transfer of marital property to a 3rd person during marriage by a spouse acting alone becomes a completed gift upon the death of the spouse or if an arrangement during marriage involving marital property by a spouse acting alone is intended to be and becomes a gift to a 3rd person upon the death of the spouse, the surviving spouse may bring an action against the gift recipient to recover one-half of the gift of marital property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Unless displaced by this chapter, the principles of law and equity. . . supplement this chapter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“for any spouse who disputes such a transfer of marital property.”
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.