Ebert v. Ebert’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
35 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably 486 So. 2d 1294 - Taylor v. Taylor (1986), Patch v. Patch (1988)
35 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Dothard v. Cook · 443 So. 2d 1258 - Bell v. Bell · Hurd v. Hurd · 440 So. 2d 1091 - Prentice v. Prentice · 440 So. 2d 564 - Murphy v. Murphy
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"While there are many elements to consider in reaching that determination, one factor which has particular applicability to the present case is the rule of law that ability to earn, as opposed to actual earnings, is a proper factor to consider in deciding either an initial award of child support or periodic alimony or whether to terminate, increase, or reduce the amount of the award in modification proceedings."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.