Strachan v. Strachan’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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

1. ““In awarding the custody of a minor, or in appointing a general guardian, the court or judge is to be guided by. the following considerations: “1. By what appears to be for the best interests of the child in respect to its temporal and its mental and moral welfare; and if the child be of sufficient age to form an intelligent preference, the court or judge may consider that preference in determining the •question. “2. As between parents adversely ■claiming the custody or guardianship, neither parent is entitled to it as of right, but, other things being equal, if the child be of tender years, it should be given to the mother; if it bé of an age to require education and preparation for labor or business, then to the father.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davis v. Davis