691 So. 2d 678 - Wascom v. Wascom’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If the spouse has not a sufficient income for maintenance pending suit for divorce, the judge may allow the claimant spouse, whether plaintiff or defendant, a sum for that spouse’s support, proportioned to the needs of the claimant spouse and the means of the other spouse. [Emphasis added.] 2”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sharp v. Sharp

2. “Alimony pendente lite ... may not be awarded for any period after the rendition of a final judgment of divorce because the divorce terminates the marriage and, along with it, the obligation of mutual support underlying the concept of alimony pendente lite.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 718 So. 2d 1073 - Almon v. Almon

3. “alimony pendente lite is based on the statutorily imposed duty of the spouses to support each other during [the pendency of their] marriage.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 718 So. 2d 1073 - Almon v. Almon