Rayner v. Rayner’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
1
states following
March 2026
most recently cited
27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 438 Main Street v. Easy Heat, Inc. · State ex rel. K.F. v. State · Hall v. Hall · 2010 UT App 139 - Connell v. Connell · Griffith v. Griffith
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The trial court in a divorce action is permitted considerable discretion in adjusting the financial and property interests of the parties, and its actions are entitled to a presumption of validity.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“shall be based upon employment potential and probable earnings as derived from employment opportunities, work history, occupation qualifications, and prevailing earnings for persons of similar backgrounds in the community.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A trial court's factual findings must be sufficiently detailed and include enough subsidiary facts to clearly show the evidence upon which they are grounded.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Lay v. Lay · Taft v. Taft
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.