83 N.C. App. 8 - Spence v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 state decisions

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

1. “The general rule is “marital fault or misconduct of the parties which is not related to the economic condition of the marriage is not germane to a division of marital property under [G.S.] 50-20(c) and should not be considered.” However, fault which is related to the economic condition of the marriage may be considered. Fault or misconduct “which dissipates or reduces marital property for nonmarital purposes” is “ ‘just and proper’ under N.C.G.S. sec. 50-20(c)(12).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 126 N.C. App. 461 - Wornom v. Wornom

2. “merely showed that the funds withdrawn exceeded the expenses of the family.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 100 N.C. App. 1 - Lawrence v. Lawrence

3. “for purposes of sustaining the family or enhancing its standard of living.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 100 N.C. App. 1 - Lawrence v. Lawrence