Young v. Young’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
August 2015
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · Troxel v. Granville · State v. Brown · Flathers v. Flathers · Leahy v. Leahy
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he Missouri statute carries a rebutta-ble presumption that custody should be with the parent. We presume parental custody is in a minor child’s best interests. To rebut this presumption, the third party seeking custody must carry the burden of showing either that each parent is unfit, unsuitable, or unable to have custody or that the welfare of the child requires third party custody.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“judge the credibility of witnesses and their character, sincerity, and other intangibles that might not be completely shown in the cold record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re KAW“[a] trial court is free to believe or disbelieve all, part, or none”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re KAW
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.