Caidin v. Caidin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Appellant argues the court was without authority to award alimony in lump sum because the wife, in her petition for dissolution of marriage, did not `allege a claim for lump sum alimony,' citing Foxx v. Foxx, 357 So.2d 754 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978), in which the court so stated. Here the wife's petition alleged a claim for temporary and permanent alimony. It is true that the wife in her petition did not undertake to tell the court how to order the payment of such alimony as should be allowed, that is, as to whether the payment of alimony allowed should be ordered to be made by periodic payments or by lump sum payment or by both. However, authority to choose the method of payment of alimony was not granted by law to the petitioner but to the court, by Section 61.08, Florida Statutes (1977). To the extent that entitlement to alimony could be made to depend on a request for it by the wife in her pleading, she complied by her request therein for an allowance of alimony. 367 So.2d 250 .”

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

2. “to do equity and justice between the parties”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 440 So. 2d 494 - Maas v. Maas