795 So. 2d 1023 - Perrin v. Perrin’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 761 So. 2d 406 - Belmont v. Belmont · Stoutamire v. State · 704 So. 2d 667 - Cornette v. Cornette · 755 So. 2d 706 - Schlafke v. Schlafke
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] trial court cannot decide the issue of attorney's fees without findings as to one spouse's ability to pay fees and the other spouse's need to have fees paid.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he marital funds used to pay down the mortgage on the property, however, enhanced the value of the nonmarital asset; thus, the resulting equity in the property is a marital asset subject to equitable distribution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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