Bainbridge v. Pratt’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 450 So. 2d 217 - Holly v. Auld · 903 So. 2d 928 - Wade v. Hirschman · 212 So. 2d 777 - American Bankers Life Assur. Co. of Fla. v. Williams · 854 So. 2d 262 - Cooper v. Gress · 720 So. 2d 316 - Adair v. Adair
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is the public policy of this state 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 responsi bilities, and joys, of childrearing. There is no presumption for or against the father or mother of the child or for or against any specific time-sharing schedule when creating or modifying the parenting plan of the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1)the child was older and mature, (2) the child was not yet in school, (3) the parents lived near each other, (4) the child preferred rotating custody, (5) the rotation would not have a disruptive ef-feet on the child, (6) the periods of time spent with each parent were reasonable, (7) the periods of custody were related to divisions in the child’s life, such as the school year, and (8) severe acrimony and ill-will existed between the child’s parents.”
1 later decision 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.