621 So. 2d 417 - Mize v. Mize’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
71 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently January 2014 · most notably 624 So. 2d 263 - Jones v. Jones (1993), Hoover (Letourneau) v. Hoover (2000)
71 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 119 Ill. 2d 316 - In Re Marriage of Eckert · Cross v. State · Cooper v. Cooper · Holder v. Polanski · Auge v. Auge
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. Whether the move would be likely to improve the general quality of life for both the primary residential spouse and the children. 2. Whether the motive for seeking the move is for the express purpose of defeating visitation. 3. Whether the custodial parent, once out of the jurisdiction, will be likely to comply with any substitute visitation arrangements. 4. Whether the substitute visitation will be adequate to foster a continuing meaningful relationship between the child or children and the noncustodial parent. 5. Whether the cost of transportation is financially affordable by one or both of the parents. 6. Whether the move is in the best interests of the child. (This sixth requirement we believe is a generalized summary of the previous five.)”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n all cases of this type, the best interest of the child clearly is the prime consideration.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“virtual per se rule favoring removal denigrates the rights of Florida's noncustodial parents and directly violates our Legislature's clear statement of public policy equating the child's best interests with optimum involvement by both parents.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.