Stefan v. Stefan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The father argues the family court abused its discretion by delegating judicial authority to the parenting specialist and the guardian, and by authorizing the guardian to recommend the time for the resumption of visitation, and modification of visitation. We agree. In the final analysis it is the family court which is charged with the authority and responsibility for protecting the interest of minors involved in litigation, not the guardian or any other person whom the court may appoint to assist it. While this court can appreciate the frustration of the family court in devising a visitation plan for the husband, it was error to delegate this responsibility to the guardian and the parenting specialist. ... ... In her final order, the trial judge appointed a guardian for the children and directed him to perform certain tasks and to make recommendations prior to the husband’s visitation being resumed. This was error.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hardy v. Gunter

2. “Normally, ... the guardian [ad litem’s] duties should end when the final order is issued.”); Blackwell v. Vance Trucking Co., 139 F.Supp. 103, 106 (E.D.S.C.1956) (A guardian ad litem”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wilson v. Ball