712 So. 2d 1089 - Etheridge v. Etheridge’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
February 2005
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 455 So. 2d 863 - Ex Parte McLendon · 655 So. 2d 1060 - Scholl v. Parsons · Butts v. Startley · Peppers v. Abdel-Ghany
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"When a noncustodial parent seeks to modify the custody provision of a prior judgment, the evidentiary standards set forth in Ex parte McLendon , 455 So.2d 863 (Ala. 1984), must be applied. The petitioning parent must show that a change in custody will materially promote the child's best interests and welfare. Id. That parent must also show that the good brought about by the change in custody would more than offset the inherently disruptive effect caused by uprooting the child. Butts v. Startley , 600 So.2d 310 (Ala.Civ.App. 1992)."”
4 later decisions 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.