Adams v. Adams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A parent seeking to modify a custody judgment awarding primary physical custody to the other parent must meet the standard for modification of custody set forth in Ex parte McLendon [, 455 So.2d 863 (Ala.1984) ]. Under that standard, the parent seeking to modify custody of a child must demonstrate that there has been a material change in circumstances, that the proposed change in custody will materially promote the child’s best interests, and that the benefits of the change will more than offset the inherently disruptive effect caused by uprooting the child. Ex parte McLendon, supra.””

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Irions v. Holt · K.W.N. v. H.G.T.

2. ““ ‘there ha[d] been a material and substantial change of circumstances since the final [divorce judgment], and that the positive good brought about by a change of custody [would] more than offset any disruptive effect caused- by the change in custody. The Court thus [found] that the [father] ha[d] met his -burden of proof_’ ” -”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Batchelor v. Batchelor