Ayling v. Ayling’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently December 2012 · most notably Reavis v. Reavis (1998), Love v. Love (1993)
26 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Martinez v. State · Mentock v. Mentock · Laughton v. Laughton · Stirrett v. Stirrett · Bereman v. Bereman
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“goal to be achieved is a reasonable balance of the rights and affections of each of the parents, with paramount consideration being given to the welfare and needs of the children.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“«* * * [T]he party seeking to modify the child custody provisions of a divorce decree must show that there has been a substantial change in circumstances since the entry of the original decree warranting a modification of the child custody provisions. [Citations.] In ruling on the modification of the child custody provisions, the district court must strive to achieve a reasonable balance between the rights and affections of the parents, while giving paramount consideration to the welfare and needs of the children. [Citations.] “The party moving to modify the child custody provisions of a divorce decree has the burden of showing that a change in circumstances has occurred, that the change warrants modification of the decree, and that the modification will be in the best interests of the children. [Citations.] In this respect, we will not interfere with the decision of the district court unless there is a procedural error or unless there is shown to be a clear abuse of discretion. [Citations.]””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Yates v. Yates““As a general rule, divided child custody arrangements are not favored absent a good reason therefor, but they are often upheld on appeal when the division places the child with one parent during the school year and with the other parent during summer vacations. See Annotation: ‘Split,’ ‘divided’ or ‘alternate’ custody of children, 92 A.L.R.2d 695 (1963).””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Feaster v. Feaster
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.