King v. King’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The ultimate goal of [equitable] apportionment is to divide the marital estate, as a whole, in a manner that fairly reflects each spouse's contribution to the economic partnership and also the effect on each of the parties of ending that partnership.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bojilov v. Bojilov · Smith v. Smith

2. “(1) duration of the marriage; (2) the physical and emotional health of the parties; (3) educational background of the parties; (4) employment history and earning potential of the parties; (5) standard of living during the marriage; (6) * current and reasonably anticipated earnings of the parties; (7) current and reasonably anticipated expenses of the parties; (8) marital and nonmarital property of the parties; (9) custody of the children; (10) marital misconduct or fault; (11) tax consequences; (12) prior support obligations; and (13) any other factors the family court considers relevant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stoney v. Stoney · Stoney v. Stoney

3. “However, '[t]he family court is only required to consider relevant factors.'”

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