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← 540 SO2D 1013 - Williams v. Williams

Williams v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

1989

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 2002
most recently cited

6 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 441 So. 2d 494 - Carroway v. Carroway · Foy v. Foy · 459 So. 2d 140 - Hickman v. Hickman · 460 So. 2d 1175 - Black v. Black · 475 So. 2d 48 - Carroway v. Carroway

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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “joint custody contemplates sharing of physical custody ... although equal sharing of custody is not mandated; substantial time, rather than strict equality of time, is required under scheme providing for joint custody of children.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “When the court finds that a decree of joint custody is in the best interest of the child, it does not necessarily require an equal sharing of physical 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.