Young v. Hector’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 382 So. 2d 1197 - Canakaris v. Canakaris · State Ex Rel. Pensacola News-Journal, Inc. v. Fleet · Cross v. State · 322 So. 2d 22 - Dinkel v. Dinkel · 357 So. 2d 172 - In Re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, Etc.
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he childrens’ parents, who know and care most about their welfare, had themselves established an arrangement prior to the dissolution as a part of which, upon any fair assessment, [Young] was the primary caretaker. See Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations (Am. Law Inst.1998)(Tentative Draft No. 3, Part I) § 2.03(6). ... There is simply no reason for a court to tamper with what has worked so well. See Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations (Am. Law Inst.1998) (Tentative Draft No. 3, Part I) § 2.09(1). This is not only because it is almost always better to preserve a known good rather than to risk what the unknown future may bring, see Rumph v. V.D., 667 So.2d 998, 998 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996)(Schwartz, C.J., specially concurring), but, much more important, because the children are themselves entitled to stability in their lives and routine[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In its determination as to the best interests of the minor children, the trial court obviously deemed it more important to assess the children’s time spent with each of the parents throughout the course of the marriage and not merely focus on the years immediately preceding the announcement of the dissolution action. That is, the trial court, in an effort to maintain continuity, could have legitimately determined that the children’s best interests dictate that they remain with the parent who had continuously been there to care for their needs throughout their young lives rather than the parent who had devoted a substantial amount of time with them perhaps only when it was convenient and/or opportunistic to do so.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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