856 So. 2d 370 - Divers v. Divers’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
March 2014
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 437 So. 2d 1003 - Albright v. Albright · 637 So. 2d 850 - Chamblee v. Chamblee · Sellers v. Sellers · 784 So. 2d 943 - Hollon v. Hollon · 656 So. 2d 325 - Williams v. Williams
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the child’s age, health, and sex; (2) which parent had the continuity of care before the separation; (3) which parent has the best parenting skills; (4) which parent has the willingness and capacity to provide primary child care; (5) each parent’s employment and its responsibilities; (6) each parent’s physical and mental health and age; (7) the emotional ties between the child and each parent; (8) each parent’s moral fitness; (9) the child’s home, school and community record; (10) the child’s preference, if the child is over twelve years old; (11) the stability of the home environment; and (12) any other relevant equitable factor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hamby v. Hamby“[c]hild custody is a matter of equity which requires more than counting the votes in favor of the mother or father[, and] [a] single factor can weigh so heavily in favor of one party that equity would require granting custody to that parent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.