484 So. 2d 1265 - Buttner v. Buttner’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently August 2007 · most notably Turner v. Turner (1988), 632 So. 2d 207 - Romano v. Romano (1994)
26 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 382 So. 2d 1197 - Canakaris v. Canakaris · 300 So. 2d 719 - Brown v. Brown · 466 So. 2d 203 - Tronconi v. Tronconi · 193 N.J. Super. 330 - Bednar v. Bednar · Brown v. Brown
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is whether the property was legally and beneficially acquired by either or both of the parties during the marriage.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Naturally, in making a division of marital assets, courts may consider the role each party played in the accumulation of those assets. [citation omitted] However, the fact that one spouse had a more active role in their acquisition because that spouse acted as a wage earner does not defeat the claim of the spouse who contributed to the family welfare by working within the home. ... . In the present case, the trial court may have been correct in noting that the wife had not performed any "extraordinary services" on behalf of her husband; however, she is nonetheless entitled to a share of the marital assets held in her husband's name. It is clear that she contributed to their acquisition and enhancement by working at home as a wife and mother throughout the course of the marriage. This forms a sufficient justification for award of a portion of those assets.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the fact that one spouse played a more active role in the acquisition and enhancement of assets because that spouse was the primary wage earner, does not defeat the claim of the spouse who contributed to the family welfare in other ways.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Turner v. Turner
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.