656 So. 2d 325 - Williams v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

51 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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “quite limited in that the chancellor must be manifestly wrong, clearly erroneous, or apply an erroneous legal standard in order for this court to reverse.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lipsey v. Lipsey · McMj v. Cej

2. “(1) age, health, and sex of the child; (2) a determination of the parent that has had the continuity of care prior to the separation; (3) which has the best parenting skills and which has the willingness and capacity to provide primary child care; (4) the employment of the parent and responsibilities of that employment; (5) physical and mental health and age of the parents; (6) emotional ties of parent and child; (7) moral fitness of parents; (8) the home, school and community record of the child; (9) the preference of the child at the age sufficient to express a preference by law; (10) stability of home environment and employment of each parent, and other factors relevant to the parent-child relationship.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McMj v. Cej · Cavett v. Cavett

3. “this Court will affirm decisions of the chancellor, whenever based on credible evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 792 So. 2d 240 - Powell v. Ayars