Boll v. Boll’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently June 2020 · most notably State Ex Rel. Reitz v. Ringer (1994), Gerber v. Gerber (1987)
28 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Jafari v. Jafari · Campbell v. Campbell · Dunne v. Dunne · Gottschall v. Gottschall · Haake v. Haake
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In actions seeking modification of the trial court’s order as to the custody of children in a marriage dissolution case, this court must, on appeal, review de novo the trial court’s determination with regard to whether a change of circumstances has occurred which justifies the modification of the earlier custody order. We are required to make independent conclusions of fact without reference to the conclusion reached by the trial court, but we will give weight to the fact that the trial court observed the witnesses and has accepted one version of the facts rather than the opposite.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““ ‘As a general rule, all other circumstances being equal, legitimate career changes of the custodial parent, whether they be job-related or matrimonial in nature, will support an application for changing the residence of a child placed in that parent’s custody.’ ... If there is a legitimate reason for the custodial parent’s decision to leave the jurisdiction, the minor child will be allowed to accompany the custodial parent if the court finds it to be in the best interests of the child to continue to live with that parent. ... Custody is not to be interpreted as a sentence to immobility.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Harder v. Harder“Although we realize community ties are important factors to be considered, they do not mandate prohibiting a custodial parent from relocating for a legitimate reason. . . . “We do not feel that an award of custody to a parent should be interpreted as a sentence to immobilization.” We will not place a custodial parent in the position of deciding between custody of one’s child and a more successful career.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Harder v. Harder
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.