Burchell v. Burchell’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently January 2017
18 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 Wilhelm v. Wilhelm · Moore v. Lee Court Realty Company · Clay v. Clay · Cobb v. Carpenter · Penrod v. Penrod
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If, as in the instant case, the parties to a joint custody agreement are unable to agree on a major issue concerning their child’s upbringing, the trial court, with its continuing jurisdiction over custody matters, must conduct a hearing to evaluate the circumstances and resolve the issue according to the child’s best interest.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Keeton v. Keith · Nb v. Ch“Joint custody is an arrangement whereby both parents share the decision making in major areas concerning their child’s upbringing, a role traditionally enjoyed by both parents during the marriage, but which is usually reposed solely in one parent following dissolution. See R. Petrilli, Kentucky Family Law § 26.8(b) (1969 and Supp.1983).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Aton v. Aton“That the appellant has physical possession of the children does not accord her superi- or authority to determine how the children will be raised. Although she is responsible for their day-to-day care while they are in her possession, major decisions affecting the children must be made in concert with their other parent, the appellee.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Aton v. Aton
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.