Hernandez v. Hernandez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A judgment will not be reversed unless it is against the weight of the evidence and then only with caution and a firm belief that the judgment is wrong. The “weight of the evidence” refers to the probative value of the evidence and not the quantity of the evidence. The evidence in the record is reviewed in the light most favorable to the circuit court’s decision, and all evidence contrary to the judgment is disregarded.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Marriage of Rogers

2. “When characterizations of property as marital or separate rest on an assessment of witness credibility, this court defers to the trial court's determination of that credibility.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Schutter v. Seibold

3. “The burden of demonstrating error is on the party challenging the divorce decree.”

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