44 Va. App. 93 - Baldwin v. Baldwin’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
June 2010
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 42 Va. App. 557 - Newman v. Newman · American Spirit Insurance v. Owens · Jones v. Harrison · 33 Va. App. 368 - Hering v. Hering · 41 Va. App. 742 - Smith v. Smith
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Upon order of the court based upon clear and convincing evidence that the spouse receiving support has been habitually cohabiting with another person in a relationship analogous to a marriage for one year or more commencing on or after July 1, 1997, the court shall terminate spousal support and maintenance unless (i) otherwise provided by stipulation or contract or (ii) the spouse receiving support proves by a preponderance of the evidence that termination of such support would be unconscionable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Upon order of the court based upon clear and convincing evidence that the spouse receiving support has been habitually cohabiting with another person in a relationship analogous to a marriage for one year or more ... the court shall terminate spousal support and maintenance unless (i) otherwise provided by stipulation or contract or (ii) the spouse receiving support proves by a preponderance of the evidence that termination of such support would be unconscionable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Waugh v. Waugh
How this case has been treated — in progress
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