Frazier v. Goudschaal’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
71
cited by 71 later decisions
6
states following
December 2024
most recently cited
2 district · 69 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Santosky v. Kramer · Troxel v. Granville · Lehr v. Robertson · Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · Levy v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Charity Hospital
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Public policy forbids enforcement of an illegal or immoral contract, but it equally insists that those contracts which are lawful and which contravene none of its rules shall be enforced, and that they shall not be set aside or held to be invalid on a suspicion of illegality. A contract is not void as against public policy unless injurious to the interests of the public or contravenes some established interest of society (17 C.J.S., Contracts, § 211d, p. 570). Illegality from the standpoint of public policy depends upon the facts and circumstances of a particular case (Stewart v. Fourth Nat'l Bank, 141 Kan. 175 , 39 P.2d 918 [1935]), and it is the duty of courts to sustain the legality of contracts where possible (Foltz v. Struxness, 168 Kan. 714 , 215 P.2d 133 [1950]). There is no presumption that a contract is illegal, and the burden of showing the wrong is upon him who seeks to deny his obligation thereunder. The presumption is in favor of innocence and the taint of wrong is a matter of defense (Mosher v. Kansas Coop. Wheat Mkt. Ass'n, 136 Kan. 269 , 15 P.2d 421 [1932]; Okerberg v. Crable, 185 Kan. 211 , 341 P.2d 966 14 [1959]).'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'relationship with the children should be protected and promoted'; that the parties intended 'to jointly and equally share parental responsibility'; that each of the parties 'shall pay the same percent of [child] support as her net income compares to [their] combined net incomes'; 'that all major decisions affecting [the] children . . . shall be made jointly by both parties'; and that in the event of a separation 'the person who has actual physical custody w[ould] take all steps necessary to maximize the other's visitation' with the children. In addition, both a consent for medical authorization and a durable power of attorney for health care decisions were executed. Further, each woman executed a last will and testament that named the other as the children's guardian.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] harmonious reading of all of the KPA provisions indicates that a female can make a colorable claim to being a presumptive mother of a child without claiming to be the biological or adoptive mother.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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