Gainous v. Gainous’s Empirical Analysis

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23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) A court may not amend, modify, alter, or change the division of property made or approved in the decree of divorce or annulment. An order to enforce the division is limited to an order to assist in the implementation of or to clarify the prior order and may not alter or change the substantive division of property. (b) An order under this section that amends, modifies, alters or changes the actual substantive division of divorce or annulment is beyond the power of the divorce court and is unenforceable.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bart Dalton v. Carol Dalton · Quijano v. Quijano

2. “procedures and limitations of a suit to enforce do not apply to existing property that was not divided in the divorce. " Id. (emphasis added). As "with any post-divorce enforcement or clarification order, a QDRO may not amend, modify, alter, or change the division of property made or approved in the decree of divorce or annulment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bart Dalton v. Carol Dalton

3. “§ 9.007. Limitation of Power of Court to Enforce [[Image here]] (e) The power of the court to render further orders to assist in the implementation of or to clarify the property division is abated while an appellate proceeding is pending.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sheikh v. Sheikh