Wilburn v. Wilburn’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[1] it becomes so commingled with marital property that it is no longer traceable, [2] is titled jointly, or [3] is used by the parties in support of the marriage or in some other way that establishes the parties' intent to make it marital property.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Miteva v. Robinson · Brown v. Odom

2. “[The h]usband did not contest [the w]ife's testimony that the assets in her accounts were nonmarital. His failure to offer evidence controverting [the w]ife's testimony is sufficient justification to affirm the family court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Odom

3. “If the [spouse] presents evidence to show the property is marital, the burden shifts to the other spouse to present evidence to establish the property's nonmarital character.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Odom