Watson v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Blankenship v. Blankenship · Andrews v. Andrews · 504 So. 2d 737 - Fanning v. Fanning · State of Alabama Department of Revenue v. Cory & Horton, Inc. · 516 So. 2d 725 - Barnhill v. Barnhill
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.
“‘While it is a rare and exceptional case, there are circumstances where it is reasonable, and in the best interests of the child, to not be required to visit a non-custodial parent because of his unwillingness or fear to do so. It is an extreme decision that restricts an otherwise relatively qualified parent from visiting his child.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. H.H.J. v. K.T.J.
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.