Roberts v. Roberts’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
3
states following
December 2003
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Northrup v. Northrup · Hughes v. Hughes · Poloke v. Poloke · Fisher v. Fisher · Funnell v. Funnell
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.
“If voluntary cohabitation is alleged in a motion to modify the payment of support, the court shall have jurisdiction to reduce or terminate future support payments upon proof of substantial change of circumstances of either party to the divorce relating to need for support or ability to support.”
2 later decisions 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.