Bobb v. Bobb’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 state decisions

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

1. “[i]n this district that admonition in Canakaris [v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla.1980)] has evolved into a general rule that asset distribution should be equal unless there is justification for a disparity in treatment ... If the trial court starts with a proposition of an equal division of marital assets and then sets forth a justification for disparate treatment which comports with reason and logic (the Canakaris standard), then the trial court has appropriately exercised its judicial discretion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shepard v. Shepard · 565 So. 2d 894 - Carroll v. Carroll

2. “The date for determining marital assets and liabilities and the value of such assets and the amount of such liabilities is the earliest of the date the parties enter into a valid separation agreement, such other date as may be expressly established by such agreement, or the date of the filing of a petition for dissolution of marriage, unless the trial judge determines another date is just and equitable under the circumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dyson v. Dyson

3. “[T]he separation was not a valid justification for disparate division of property where all of the assets were earned prior to separation, and appreciation of those assets resulted from passive investment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 716 So. 2d 276 - Heslop v. Moore