78 Wis. 2d 137 - Johnson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
58 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently July 2013 · most notably 102 Wis. 2d 58 - Hartung v. Hartung (1981), 103 Wis. 2d 327 - Holbrook v. Holbrook (1981)
58 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on In Re Marriage of Rosan · 80 Wash. 2d 293 - Friedlander v. Friedlander · 21 Wis. 2d 54 - Kronforst v. Kronforst · 72 Wis. 2d 631 - Anderson v. Anderson · 46 Wis. 2d 682 - Molloy v. Molloy
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““767.255 Property division. Upon every judgment of annulment, divorce or legal separation, or in rendering a judgment in an action under s. 767.02(1) (h), the court shall divide the property of the parties and divest and transfer the title of any such property accordingly. A certified copy of the portion of the judgment which affects title to real estate shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the lands so affected are situated. The court may protect and promote the best interests of the children by setting aside a portion of the property of the parties in a separate fund or trust for the support, maintenance, education and general welfare of any minor children of the parties. Any property shown to have been acquired by either party prior to or during the course of the marriage as a gift, bequest, devise or inheritance or to have been paid for by either party with funds so acquired shall remain the property of such party and may not be subjected to a property division under this section except upon a finding that refusal to divide such property will create a hardship on the other party or on the children of the marriage, and in that event the court may divest the party of such property in a fair and equitable manner. The court shall presume that all other property is to be divided equally between the parties, but may alter this distribution without regard to marital misconduct after considering: “(1) The length of the marriage. “(2) The”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage““Sec. 308. [Maintenance]. “(a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or maintenance following a decree of dissolution of the marriage by a court which lacked personal jurisdiction over the absent spouse, the court may grant a maintenance order for either spouse only if it finds that the spouse seeking maintenance: “(1) lacks sufficient property to provide for his reasonable needs; and “(2) is unable to support himself through appropriate employment or is the custodian of a child whose condition or circumstances make it appropriate that the custodian not be required to seek employment outside the home. “ (b) The maintenance order shall be in amounts and for periods of time the court deems just, without regard to marital misconduct, and after considering all relevant factors including: “(1) the financial resources of the party seeking maintenance, including marital property apportioned to him, his ability to meet his needs independently, and the extent to which a provision for support of a child living with the party includes a sum for that party as custodian; “(2) the time necessary to acquire sufficient education or training to enable the party seeking maintenance to find appropriate employment; “(3) the standard of living established during the marriage; “(4) the duration of the marriage; “(5) the age and the physical and emotional condition of the spouse seeking maintenance; and “(6) the ability of the spouse from whom maintenance is sought to meet ”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““. . . Such relevant factors certainly include the length of the marriage, the age and health of the parties, their ability to support themselves, liability for debts or support of children, general circumstances, including grievous misconduct, although a division is not a penalty imposed for fault. Whether the property award is in lieu of or in addition to alimony payments is a material factor. Whether the property was acquired during the marriage or brought to the marriage makes a difference. Since the Wisconsin statute provides that separate property of the wife, possessed by her before the marriage or acquired solely by her efforts, is to be awarded to her, the amount of such separate estate is a proper factor to consider in determining how much of the husband’s or marital property is also to be awarded to her.” Id. at 383-84.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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