Dennis v. Dennis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(f) A court of a State may modify a determination of the custody of the same child made by a court of another State, if — (1) it has jurisdiction to make such a child custody determination; and (2) the court of the other State no longer has jurisdiction, or it has declined to exercise such jurisdiction to modify such determination.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 397 Pa. Super. 321 - Barndt v. Barndt · Hangsleben v. Oliver

2. ““1. A court which has jurisdiction under this chapter to make an initial decree or a modification decree may decline to exercise its jurisdiction any time before making a decree if it finds that it is an inconvenient forum to make a custody determination under the circumstances of the case and that a court of another state is a more appropriate forum. * * * * * * “3. In determining whether it is an inconvenient forum, the court shall consider whether it is in the interest of the child that another state assume jurisdiction. For this purpose it may take into account the following factors, among others, whether: “a. Another state is or recently was the child’s home state; “b. Another state has a closer connection with the child and his family or with the child and one or more of the contestants; “c. Substantial evidence concerning the child’s present or future care, protection, training, and personal relationships is more readily available in another state; “d. The parties have agreed on another forum which is no less appropriate; and “e. The exercise of jurisdiction by a court of this state would contravene any of the purposes stated in section 14-14-01.””

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