Craig v. Craig’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the duration of the marriage together with the ages of the parties at the time of the marriage and at the time of the divorce ...; (2) the physical and emotional condition of each spouse; (3) the educational background of each spouse, together with need of each spouse for additional training or education in order to achieve that spouse’s income potential; (4) the employment history and earning potential of each spouse; (5) the standard of living established during the marriage; (6) the current and reasonably anticipated earnings of both spouses; (7) the current and reasonably anticipated expenses and needs of both spouses; (8) the marital and nonmarital properties of the parties, including those apportioned to him or her in the divorce ...; (9) custody of the children ...; (10) marital misconduct or fault of either or both parties, whether or not used as a basis for a divorce ... if the misconduct affects or has affected the economic circumstances of the parties, or contributed to the breakup of the marriage ...; (11) the tax consequences to each party as a result of the particular form of support awarded; (12) the existence and extent of any support obligation from a prior marriage or for ahy other reason of either party; and (13) such other factors the court considers relevant.”

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