311 So. 2d 799 - Sisson v. Sisson’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 1978
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Firestone v. Firestone · 300 So. 2d 719 - Brown v. Brown · Hernandez v. Hernandez · 256 So. 2d 60 - Calligarich v. Calligarich · 299 So. 2d 61 - Ruhnau v. Ruhnau
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“alimony paid for the purpose of rehabilitating the spouse to whom it is awarded, such as, financially supporting an ill spouse until health is restored, or financially supporting a spouse until he or she can be trained for employment, or in some circumstances, until the spouse has a reasonable time to recover from the trauma of the dissolution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cann v. Cann“is unemployed and is experiencing difficulty in finding employment because of the current economic recession ... [while respondent] can well afford to give financial assistance to [petitioner]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sisson v. Sisson
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.