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← 78 MASSAPPCT 539 - Wolcott v. Wolcott

Wolcott v. Wolcott’s Empirical Analysis

2011

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited

6 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Drapek v. Drapek · Ross v. Ross · Williams v. Massa · Redding v. Redding · 5 Mass. App. Ct. 10 - Putnam v. Putnam

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

  1. “broad discretion as to the division of property, Kittredge v. Kittredge , 441 Mass. 28 , 43-44 (2004), and we will only disturb his rulings if they are plainly wrong and excessive. Redding v. Redding , 398 Mass. 102 , 107 (1986).”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “a judge must make findings indicating that he has considered all factors relevant under [G. L. c. 208,] § 34, and has not considered any irrelevant factors.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “A judge has broad discretion in awarding attorney's fees under G. L. c. 208, § 38, and, it follows, broad discretion to deny an award.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.