Ratliff v. Ratliff’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 778 So. 2d 791 - Reed v. BD. OF TRUSTEES FOR AL. STATE UNIV. · 342 So. 2d 358 - Raidt v. Crane · 486 So. 2d 1294 - Taylor v. Taylor · 624 So. 2d 188 - Figures v. Figures · Welch v. Welch
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"A trial court may include a provision in a divorce judgment requiring a former spouse to maintain a life-insurance policy for the benefit of the other former spouse. Strong v. Strong, 709 So.2d 1259 (Ala.Civ.App.1998). However, our caselaw indicates that it is within the trial court's discretion whether to order a divorcing spouse to maintain a life-insurance policy for the benefit of the other spouse. See, e.g., Bush v. Bush, 784 So.2d 299, 300 (Ala.Civ.App.2000)."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he determination of proper visitation. . . is within the sound discretion of the trial court, and that court's determination should not be reversed by an appellate court absent a showing of an abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“`[t]he trial court is entrusted to balance the rights of the parents with the child's best interests to fashion a visitation award that is tailored to the specific facts and circumstances of the individual case.'”
1 later decision 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.