Esry v. Esry’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
December 1999
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wakefield v. Thorp · Wakefield v. Thorp · Schumacher v. Schumacher · In Re the Marriage of Wofford · 238 Mo. App. 964 - Hupp v. Hupp and Warren
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]here a mother, who has been denied custody in favor of a non-parent because of her parental immaturity, shows a remarriage, coupled with increased maturity and the desire and apparent ability to be a parent in fact, there should be no doubt such circumstances may be the basis for modification.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Shortt v. Lasswell
How this case has been treated — in progress
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