467 So. 2d 492 - Sever v. Sever’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 382 So. 2d 1197 - Canakaris v. Canakaris · 334 So. 2d 13 - Shaw v. Shaw · 345 So. 2d 417 - Travelers Indem. Co. of RI v. Mirlenbrink · 346 So. 2d 56 - Herzog v. Herzog · 39 So. 2d 554 - Yandell v. Yandell
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Rehabilitative alimony is used to establish the capacity for self-support in the receiving spouse, either through the redevelopment of previous skills, or provision of the training necessary to develop potential supportive skills.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“can be rehabilitated to a financial stature that would permit her to become self-supporting.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.