Kidd v. Kidd’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
October 1994
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Coleman v. Coleman · Ballard v. Ballard · Patterson v. Patterson · Clark v. Clark · Scott v. Scott
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““KRS 453.120 provides that ‘in actions for alimony and divorce, the husband shall pay the costs of each party, unless it appears in the action that the wife is in fault and has ample estate to pay the costs.’ * * * Both conditions fixed by the statute must exist.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sharp v. Sharp
How this case has been treated — in progress
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