King v. King’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
47 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently July 2013 · most notably 50 Wis. 2d 731 - Weichman v. Weichman (1971), 48 Wis. 2d 535 - O'Connor v. O'Connor (1970)
47 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 Hamachek v. Hamachek · Acheson v. Acheson · Dodge v. Dodge · Jenkins v. Jenkins · Elies v. Elies
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Since custody of the children was granted upon the stipulation of the parties without testimony being taken on the issue and no finding of fitness was made, the court's determination is not res judicata nor does the rule of changed circumstances apply”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“While parents may stipulate as to custody, the agreement should not be approved by the court unless it insures and promotes the best interest of the children. We do not approve of a trial court’s granting custody on a stipulation without taking testimony calculated to ascertain what is best for the children or otherwise inquiring into the best interest of the children. A contract between the parents contemplating a divorce should be given serious consideration by the court as it normally expresses what may be best for the child; nevertheless it does not bind the court or preclude a modification of a decree based thereon. Since a child of a broken home has rights which should be protected, the controlling question is not what the parties agreed to but what is in the best interest of the child. [Citations omitted.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“it is not an abuse of discretion for the trial court to deny counsel fees to a divorced wife who has remarried, in the absence of a showing [that] her second husband is unable to pay for them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.