Walters v. Walters’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently November 2014
4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 485 So. 2d 347 - Connell v. Miller · Ex Parte Devine · 448 So. 2d 381 - Smith v. Smith · 386 So. 2d 749 - Barnhill v. Barnhill · 519 So. 2d 558 - Tims v. Tims
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In this instance, there is absolutely no evidence of fraud or duress in executing the agreement. The attorney who drafted the agreement advised the wife as to the effect of the agreement prior to her signing it. “The wife had the agreement several weeks prior to the marriage and there is evidence to indicate that the wife sought competent independent advice prior to the marriage concerning the agreement. “The evidence in all respects indicates that the agreement was entered into voluntarily; furthermore, that the wife knew what she was relinquishing when she signed the agreement as shown by her reluctance in signing the agreement until the husband told her that he would not many her unless she signed an agreement. Additionally, the record indicates the wife at least had a general knowledge of the extent of the husband’s estate. All of the above goes to indicate the agreement was fair, just and equitable from the wife’s point of view.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““that the consideration was adequate and that the entire transaction was fair, just and equitable from the [other spousej’s point of view or that the agreement was freely and voluntarily entered into by the [other spouse] with competent independent advice and full knowledge of [his or] her interest in the estate and its approximate value.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"The father has a steady job. On the other hand, the mother lost three jobs during the parties' marriage. Evidence was presented that indicated the mother committed adultery during the parties' marriage. Further, one of the experts who testified in the case concluded that the father would provide the more stable environment for the child. In view of this evidence, we cannot say the court erred in granting custody of the child to the father."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ex Parte Walters
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.