Parish v. Spaulding’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
March 2009
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McManama v. Plunk · Keel v. Keel · Bottoms v. Bottoms · Greene v. Greene · 18 Va. App. 318 - Hughes v. Gentry
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[i]f the court could not retroactively approve a move or order a change in custody[,] ... having before it evidence that the relocation of the children or the modification of custody would be in the best interests of the children, the court would be required to act contrary to the best interests of the children.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.