Hedrick v. Hedrick’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 1981
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People of State of New York Halvey v. Halvey · Ford v. Ford · Kovacs v. Brewer · 39 Ill. 2d 76 - People Ex Rel. Bukovich v. Bukovich · Jones v. Jones
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““As a matter of comity, if a court of a sister state enters a valid and binding order or judgment concerning the custody of a child, and the child is brought into this state in derogation of such order or judgment, the courts of this state should not assume or exercise jurisdiction to re-litigate the question of custody, unless the welfare of the child is in jeopardy or some other unusual circumstance exists.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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