McCain v. McCain’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““the age of the parties; the duration of the marriage; the property owned by the parties; their present and future earning capacities; the time, source and manner of acquisition of property; family ties and obligations; the allowance of maintenance or lack thereof; dissipation of assets; the tax consequences of the property division upon the respective economic circumstances of the parties; and such other factors as the court considers necessary to malee a just and reasonable division of property.” K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 60-1610(b)(1).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 40 Kan. App. 2d 475 - In Re the Marriage of Hair

2. ““Our code and our rules envision and are designed to provide but one appeal in most cases, that to come after all issues have been determined on the merits by the trial court. Interlocutory and fractionalized appeals are discouraged, and are the exceptions and not the rule.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Condemnation of Land for State Highway Purposes

3. ““When an appeal or cross-appeal has been timely perfected the fact that some ruling of which the appealing or cross-appealing party complains was made more than thirty (30) days before filing of the notice of appeal'shall not prevent a review of the ruling.””

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