Helm v. Helm’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
3
states following
March 1998
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Fogel v. McDonald · Francis Marion Hotel v. Chicco
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The majority of states considering the question have held a professional degree to be a personal intellectual attainment, not marital property subject to equitable distribution. See Annot., 4 A.L.R. 4th 1294 . We agree and hold a professional or other degree or license is not to be classified as marital property under S.C. Code Ann. § 20-7-420 (2) (1976).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Heath v. Heath
How this case has been treated — in progress
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