Echols v. Olivarez’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
23 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 126th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on In Re King's Estate · Garza v. Alviar · Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc. · Gillespie v. Gillespie · 144 N.J. Super. 200 - D'Onofrio v. D'Onofrio
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A child's best interest cannot be determined in a vacuum. Although consideration of the visitation rights of the noncustodial parent is important, we must primarily concentrate on the general quality of life for both the child and the custodial parent in assessing whether a change is positive and in the child's best interest.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“[b]ecause the custodial parent provides the child with a basic quality of life, a child's best interest is closely intertwined with the well-being of the custodial parent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re MMM“Lenz v. Lenz, 79 S.W.3d 10, 19 (Tex.2002), the trial court is in the best position to observe the witnesses and”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re JSP
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.