Ince v. Ince’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Being a parent has always meant more than simply proving [that] the DNA necessary to create human life originated from a particular individual. . . . The judgment at issue in this case should not be set aside because one of the individuals involved has become unhappy with the continued existence of it. More should be required to terminate the parent-child relationship than simply establishing that the individual is not the biological parent.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Parker v. Parker · In Re RJP

2. “Paternity, although not contested, was an issue addressed and resolved by the trial court in 1987. The divorce decree establishes [Mr. Ince] as the child’s father and provides for child support, con-servatorship, and visitation. [Mr. Ince] failed to allege any act on the part of [Mrs. Ince] that prevented him from contesting the issue of paternity. [Mr. Ince] had the option to contest paternity at the final divorce hearing. He was never denied the defense. At most, he was denied the evidence of [Mrs. Ince’s] adultery that would have assisted in proving the defense. As the Tice court pointed out, each party must exercise due diligence to guard against adverse findings upon issues directly presented.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martindale v. Reno

3. “Paternity, although not contested, was an issue agreed to by the parties and addressed and resolved by the trial court.... The decree establishes the parent-child relationship. Temple did not allege any act on the part of Archambo that prevented him from contesting the issue of paternity.... He did not allege that he could not contest paternity at the final divorce hearing or that he was denied that defense as a matter of law. We conclude that Temple alleged only intrinsic fraud because his "meritorious defense" could have been fully presented at the original proceeding.”

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