Bowes v. Bowes’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 743 So. 2d 1257 - Mayes v. Mayes · 735 So. 2d 809 - Goodnight v. Goodnight · 756 So. 2d 639 - Carr v. Carr · Wagner v. Wagner · Sciortino v. Sciortino
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To constitute 'legal fault' which would preclude permanent alimony at divorce, the misconduct must not only be of a serious nature, but must also be an independent contributory or proximate cause of the separation ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thomas v. Thomas“[F]urther, permanent alimony will not be denied to a party if their actions were considered reasonable or a justifiable response to the other spouse's provocative acts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thomas v. Thomas
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.