Kittelson v. Kittelson’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently December 2013 · most notably Lien v. Lien (1979), Hentges v. Hentges (1988)
36 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 Kressly v. Kressly · Guindon v. Guindon · Hanson v. Hanson · Stenberg v. Stenberg · Wall v. Wall
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In making an ... equitable division of property the trial court must consider the duration of the marriage, the ages of the parties, their state of health and their competency to earn a living, the value and income-producing capacity of the property of each party, and the contribution of each party to the accumulation of the property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In reviewing the division of property ... we take cognizance of the fact that the trial court has broad discretion in making such division ... and we will not modify or set them aside unless it clearly appears that the trial court abused its discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hanks v. Hanks“The trial court has broad discretion in making a division of property ... and this court will not set aside or modify its decision unless it clearly appears that the court abused its discretion.”
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.