Draper v. Draper’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The Husband shall be permitted to seek a modification in the event of the cohabitation of the Wife. . . . For the purposes hereof, cohabitation shall be defined to mean that the Wife has entered into and maintained a relationship including cohabitation with a man under such circumstances and conditions, and over a period of at least three (3) months in any twelve (12) month period, so that the Superior Court of Connecticut concludes that the Wife CT Page 10665 and Said man are `living together'. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1997 Conn. Super. Ct. 10663 - Diviesta v. Diviesta, Fa95 052561 (Oct. 27, 1997)

2. “Courts ordinarily award counsel fees in divorce cases so that a party (usually the wife) may not be deprived of her rights because of lack of funds.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 3409 - Jewett v. Jewett, No. Fa: 0553926s (Mar. 13, 2002)

3. “If the trial court determines that both parties are financially able to pay their own counsel fees, they should be permitted to do so.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 3409 - Jewett v. Jewett, No. Fa: 0553926s (Mar. 13, 2002)