R. H. v. B. F.’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently September 2018
13 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 State v. Kelly · Felton v. Felton · 24 Mass. App. Ct. 608 - Bak v. Bak · 11 Mass. App. Ct. 304 - Springgate v. School Committee of Mattapoisett · 12 Mass. App. Ct. 398 - Rolde v. Rolde
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The legislature and/or appellate courts should make it clear that abuse of any family member affects other family members and must be considered in determining the best interests of the child in connection with any order concerning custody.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Custody of Vaughn“The award of joint legal custody is inconsistent with the overwhelming undisputed evidence of hostility between the parents”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[C]ustody orders and judgments are made on the basis of a determination of the best interests of the child ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Zadie
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.