Wright v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““When a custodial parent requests permission to change the residence of the children, a trial court should determine whether that parent will move regardless of the court’s decision to allow the children to move. Only in the event a custodial parent will move without the children does that move constitute a change of circumstances for purposes of deciding a companion motion for change of custody.””

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

2. ““There is a distinction between an original award of custody and a decision to modify custody. ... The original custo dy award revolves solely around the best interests of the children_ But, a request to modify the custody award requires the determination of not one, but two issues in chronological order: (a) whether there has been a significant change of circumstances since the original divorce decree and custody award; and if so (b) whether those changes are such that the best interests of the child would be served by a change in custo-dy_ Thus, the first step is to determine if a significant change of circumstances has occurred.” [Citations omitted.]”

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