Kuutti v. Kuutti’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 2004
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In re Amendment to Florida Probate Rule—Part III (Guardianship) · 322 So. 2d 22 - Dinkel v. Dinkel · DeCamp v. Hein · 509 So. 2d 401 - Barnes v. Frazier · In Re Marriage of Kerr
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The court shall determine all matters relating to custody of each minor child of the parties in accordance with the best interests of the child and in accordance with the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. It is the public policy of this state to assure that each minor child has frequent and continuing contact with both parents after the parents separate or the marriage of the parties is dissolved and to encourage parents to share the rights and responsibilities of childrearing. After considering all relevant facts, the father of the child shall be given the same consideration as the mother in determining the primary residence of a child irrespective of the age or sex of the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The Legislature has now established unequivocally that it is the public policy in this state to give no preference to either the mother or the father in judging each parent's right to custody or primary residence of the minor child; rather, that determination will have to rest upon an impartial evaluation of the factors listed in subsection 61.13(3). Accordingly, the courts have no business perpetuating a court-made doctrine of preference that is patently inconsistent with this policy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[W]e do not recede from the recognition, in DeCamp , that the relevant facts considered in any given case still may properly include reference to the age or sex of a child, whenever it is relevant in weighing the statutory factors.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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