Paffel v. Paffel’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently August 2017 · most notably Bell v. Bell (1991), Willey v. Willey (1997)
38 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. Jones · State v. Brickey · Bundy v. Century Equipment Co. · Higley v. Higley · Naylor v. Naylor
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'enable the receiving spouse to maintain as nearly as possible the standard of living enjoyed during the marriage and to prevent the spouse from becoming a public charge'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“In awarding alimony, appellate courts require the trial court to consider each of the following three factors: (1) the financial conditions and needs of the receiving spouse; (2) the ability of the receiving spouse to produce sufficient income for him or herself; and (3) the ability of the responding spouse to provide support. If these three factors have been considered, we will not disturb the trial court’s alimony award unless such a serious inequity has resulted as to manifest a clear abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Baker v. Baker“jurisdiction of [a] foreign court was raised and adjudicated [before that foreign court], then the determination of that issue becomes res judicata.' '' Paffel v. Paffel, 732 P.2d 96, 99 (Utah 1986) (quoting Fullenwider, 611 P.2d at 389 ).”
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.