Seessel v. Seessel’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 state decisions

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

1. “A court which grants a divorce or separation may expressly authorize the removal of a minor child from the jurisdiction. Similarly, the court has the power to award custody ... to one who contemplates an immediate removal of the child from the jurisdiction.... It has accordingly been stated that it is against the policy of the law to permit the removal of a minor child from the state unless the applicant shows that the best interests of the child will be better served by its removal. The question whether the court shall permit or prohibit the removal of the child rests within its sound judicial discretion. The general rule that in matters affecting the custody of a child the court will be governed primarily by the welfare and best interests of the child applies in determining whether to permit or prohibit removal of the child from the jurisdiction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Aaby v. Strange

2. “in order to correct a misapprehension of the law in this State in reference to the burden of proof involving the relocation and removal of minor children from the jurisdiction of a court which has granted a divorce and awarded custody.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. Taylor

3. “there was not any indication that allowing Mrs. Seessel to take her son to Denver would be adverse to his best interest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. Taylor