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← 72 MASSAPPCT 798 - R.S. v. M.P.

R.S. v. M.P.’s Empirical Analysis

2008

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited

6 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Pederson v. Time, Inc. · Jupin v. Kask · Carey v. New England Organ Bank · Heistand v. Heistand · Adoption of Carla

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

  1. “no modification concerning custody or visitation shall be granted unless the court finds that a substantial change in the circumstances of the parties or the child has occurred and finds modification to be in the child's best interests.”
    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.