Davolt v. Davolt’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
December 1999
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · Brueggemann v. Brueggemann · Kuchta v. Kuchta · Weiss v. Weiss · Scott v. Scott
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... the court may grant a maintenance order to either spouse, but only if it finds that the spouse seeking maintenance: (1) Lacks sufficient property, including marital property apportioned to him, to provide for his reasonable needs; and (2) Is unable to support himself through appropriate employment....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Boyle v. Boyle
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.