Miracle v. Miracle’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently November 2006
12 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Tahona Smokeless Coal Co. v. State Industrial Commission · Reed v. Reed · Wallace v. Wallace · Adams v. Adams · Morgan v. Morgan
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We have consistently held that in awarding the custody of a minor, the court should give paramount consideration to what appears to be for the best interest of the child in respect to its temporal, mental and moral welfare. See Guess v. Guess, Okl., 274 P.2d 369 . And, we have held the action of a trial court in refusing to modify a child custody order or judgment will not be disturbed on appeal unless so clearly against the weight of the evidence as to constitute an abuse of discretion. See Adams v. Adams, Okl., 294 P.2d 831 . * * *””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Morrow v. Morrow““Our courts have recognized that mother love is a dominant trait in the heart of a mother. It is of divine origin, and in nearly all cases far exceeds and surpasses the parental affection of a father. Every one recognizes the fact that a child of tender years needs the constant bestowal of a mother’s care and love. It is for these reasons courts are loath to deprive the mother of the care and custody of a child, if she is a fit and proper person. See Bruce v. Bruce, 141 Okl. 160 , 285 P. 30 .” (Emphasis supplied)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““In awarding the custody of a minor, the trial court should give paramount consideration to what appears to be for the best interest of the child in respect to its temporal, mental and moral welfare, and the entire determination of the question must be in the light of what is the child’s best interest and where it affirmatively appears from the record that the trial court has failed to resolve the question in that manner, this Court will rectify the judgment in light of the evidence.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Baker v. Bursch
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.