Frazier v. Frazier’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Fathers and mothers, by the very act of marrying, contract together the obligation of supporting, maintaining, and educating their children.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 375 So. 2d 200 - Kellogg v. Kellogg · 329 So. 2d 896 - Youngblood v. Youngblood

2. “proportion to the wants of the person requiring it, and the circumstances”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 329 So. 2d 896 - Youngblood v. Youngblood · 335 So. 2d 787 - Nelson v. Nelson

3. “necessary for the nourishment, lodging and support”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 329 So. 2d 896 - Youngblood v. Youngblood · 335 So. 2d 787 - Nelson v. Nelson