Jefferies v. Jefferies’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
February 1996
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Walker · Acton v. Deliran · English v. English · Rucker v. Dalton · Fletcher v. Fletcher
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) the standard of living and situation of the parties; (b) the relative wealth and income of the parties; (c) the ability of the obligor to earn; (d) the ability of the obligee to earn; (e) the need of the obligee; (f) the age of the parties; (g) the responsibility of the obligor for the support of others.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Durfee v. Durfee · Moon v. Moon
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.