7 Va. App. 405 - Keyser v. Keyser’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “While a party’s comparative financial condition before marriage and after divorce may demonstrate one’s ability to support oneself, the court must consider the needs of each spouse in relation to each party’s ability to provide for those needs and the other spouse’s ability or resources to provide for these needs. Williams v. Williams, 4 Va. App. 19, 24, 354 S.E.2d 64, 66 (1987).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lamb v. Lamb · 24 Va. App. 40 - Dotson v. Dotson

2. ““Unless it appears from the record that the [circuit court] has abused [its] discretion, that [it] has not considered or has misapplied one of the statutory mandates, or that the evidence fails to support the findings of fact underlying [its] resolution of the conflict in the equities, the [circuit court’s] equitable distribution award will not be reversed on appeal.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 52 Va. App. 833 - Fadness v. Fadness

3. “The trial court's findings must be accorded great deference. Its judgment will not be disturbed on appeal unless plainly wrong or without evidence to support it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 16 Va. App. 427 - Bandas v. Bandas