736 So. 2d 103 - Sullivan v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 322 So. 2d 22 - Dinkel v. Dinkel · 579 So. 2d 902 - State v. Arnold · 687 So. 2d 1385 - Bartolotta v. Bartolotta · 163 So. 2d 15 - Stager v. Florida East Coast Railway Company · Kelly v. Kelly
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[f]requent moves, a less stable lifestyle, [and] even poor relationship choices standing alone may not support a custody modification where the residential parent has moved out of necessity, has subsequently established a stable home, and the child's needs have always been met,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[a] petitioning parent must overcome an extraordinary burden to receive a post-judgment custody modification. A trial court has far less discretion in modifying a custody order than it enjoys in making an original determination. The husband had to prove that circumstances had substantially and materially changed since the final judgment and that a change of custody would promote the best interests of the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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