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← 622 So. 2d 400 - Powers v. State

622 So. 2d 400 - Powers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1993

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
May 1998
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 565 So. 2d 1 - Ex Parte Martin by and Through Sarris · Dd v. Cld · 451 So. 2d 320 - Stringer v. Sheffield · 434 So. 2d 254 - Evans v. Evans

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.

  1. “[A] paternity adjudication in a divorce action, which is necessary for purposes of support and inheritance, is res judicata to the parties in the divorce action, but not binding on the child unless the child is a party.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “"(a) A man is presumed to be the natural father of a child if any of the following apply: "(1) He and the child's natural mother are or have been married to each other and the child is born during the marriage. . . ."”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “may be rebutted in an appropriate action only by clear and convincing evidence.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.