Andera v. Andera’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “What is important is that the court, before it sets aside certain properties as "non-marital," consider the seven principal factors we have repeatedly held must be considered in making an equitable property division. The factors are: (1) the duration of the marriage; (2) the value of the property owned by the parties; (3) the ages of the parties; (4) the health of the parties; (5) the competency of the parties to earn a living; (6) the contribution of each party to the accumulation of the property; and (7) the income-producing capacity of the parties' assets. Only in the case where one spouse has made no or de minimis contributions to the acquisition or maintenance of an item of property and has no need for support, should a court set it aside as "non-marital" property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pellegrin v. Pellegrin

2. “The land was in the nature of a gift from the mother to the son, and there was no contribution of any significance by appellant [wife] in acquiring the land.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Buseman v. Buseman