442 So. 2d 732 - Steagall v. Steagall’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 390 So. 2d 1325 - Bordelon v. Bordelon · 410 So. 2d 1105 - Johnston v. McCullough · 357 So. 2d 69 - Johnson v. Johnson · 409 So. 2d 1299 - Nale v. Nale · 348 So. 2d 1338 - Pate v. Pate
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“C. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that joint custody is in the best interest of a minor child unless: (1) The parents have agreed to an award of custody to one parent or so agree in open court at a hearing for the purpose of determining the custody of a minor child of the marriage; or (2) The court finds that joint custody would not be in the best interest of the child.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Stevens v. Stevens · Price v. Price
How this case has been treated — in progress
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