Werlein v. Werlein’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 state decisions

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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “After a hearing, the court may modify an order or portion of a decree that: (3) sets the terms and conditions for possession of or access to a child, or prescribes the relative rights, privi leges, duties, and powers of conservators if: (A) the circumstances of the child or a person affected by the order or portion of the decree to be modified have materially and substantially changed since the entry of the order or decree; or (B) the order or portion of the decree to be modified has become unworkable or inappropriate under existing circumstances ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Billeaud v. Billeaud

2. ““Section 14.08(c)(1) can be paraphrased into three inquiries: before a court can modify a custody order, there (1) must be a change in the circumstances of the child or parent so material and substantial that (2) retention of the present managing conservator would be injurious to the welfare of the child and (3) the appointment of a new managing conservator would be a positive improvement for the child.” (emphasis in opinion)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ramsey v. Ramsey

3. ““This [the modification] is clearly a significant change in the portion of the decree designating the managing conservator and constitutes a defacto change, no matter what the court has labeled it. We will rule according to the contents of the lower court’s order, not the nomenclature of its labels.” (emphasis supplied)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ramsey v. Ramsey