Thomas v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
January 1994
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 492 So. 2d 1193 - Bergeron v. Bergeron · 433 So. 2d 705 - Everett v. Everett · Dungan v. Dungan · 448 So. 2d 819 - Boyett v. Boyett · State ex rel. Wagster v. Hymel
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Based upon this evidence, the trial court denied plaintiff's rule for sole custody, and awarded joint custody of Mary Beth to he and Mrs. Clofort. Plaintiff argues that the trial court failed to make a determination that an award of sole custody to the father would be detrimental to the child. This assertion is not supported by the record. While the court may not have specifically used the word”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“conditional decree made with the reservations of the trial judge with which the [father] failed to comply does not invoke the change of circumstances rule required for modification of an unconditional decree of permanent custody.”
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.