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← 7 NE3D 340 - Shelly Bailey v. Lance Bailey

Shelly Bailey v. Lance Bailey’s Empirical Analysis

2014

Citation profile

1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited

1 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Paternity of K.I. ex rel. J.I. v. J.H. · Carmichael v. Siegel · State Ex Rel. Davis v. Achor, Judge · Marriage of Glover v. Torrence · Marriage of Julie C. v. Andrew C.

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

  1. “[W]hen such an important issue as the custody of children is involved, a modification generally can be ordered only after a party has filed a petition requesting such a modification, the other party has notice of the filing, and a proper evidentiary hearing is held at which both parties may be heard and the trial court fully apprised of all necessary information regarding change of circumstances and a child's best interests before deciding whether a modification should be ordered.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “Longstanding Indiana law has prohibited trial courts from sua sponte ordering a change of custody.”
    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.