830 So. 2d 746 - Gates v. Gates’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
June 2016
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 485 So. 2d 1174 - Lutz v. Lutz · O'Neal v. O'Neal · 705 So. 2d 505 - Berryhill v. Reeves · 579 So. 2d 654 - Berry v. Berry · Ex Parte James
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[T]he purpose of periodic alimony is to support the former dependent spouse and to enable that spouse, to the extent possible, to maintain the status that the parties had enjoyed during the marriage, until the spouse is self-supporting or maintaining a lifestyle or status similar to the one enjoyed during the marriage.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. J.D.A. v. A.B.A.
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.