Porter v. Porter’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 2014
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 196 W. Va. 178 - Burgess v. Porterfield · 181 W. Va. 92 - Segal v. Beard · 177 W. Va. 61 - Caldwell v. Caldwell · 196 W. Va. 187 - Magaha v. Magaha · Martin v. Martin
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Other provisions in the law govern the award, and amount, of alimony where the parties have actually been formally married, as is the situation in the present case. The length of time the parties have been married is only one of many factors in such a situation.”) 16 . The amount of $28,000 was incurred by the Wife in family court; the remainder of the attorney’s fees was incurred by the Wife on appeal to circuit court. 17 . The Husband incurred attorney fees in the amount of $16,504.19. 18 . Syllabus point four of Grose provides as follows:”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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