Wheat v. Wheat’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 639 So. 2d 921 - Ferguson v. Ferguson · 639 So. 2d 909 - Hemsley v. Hemsley · 637 So. 2d 850 - Chamblee v. Chamblee · 498 So. 2d 328 - Dillon v. Dillon · 642 So. 2d 901 - Carrow v. Carrow
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ssets acquired or accumulated during the course of a marriage are subject to equitable division unless it can be shown by proof that such assets are attributable to one of the parties' separate estates prior to the marriage or outside the marriage.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“When the parties request that the chancellor resolve the issue of property division, the chancellor must do three things: (1) classify the parties' assets as marital or separate, (2) value those assets, and (3) divide the marital assets equitably.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the burden to demonstrate to the court [an] asset's nonmarital character[,]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.