Dingeman v. Dingeman’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Jenkins v. Handel (2000), Limeres v. Limeres (2014)
31 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Schlagenhauf v. Holder · Rosenberg v. United States · Bucher v. Krause · Martens v. Metzgar · Julsen v. Julsen
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the physical, emotional, mental, religious, and social needs of the child; (2) the capability and desire of each parent to meet these needs; (3) the child's preference if the child is of sufficient age and capacity to form a preference; (4) the love and affection existing between the child and each parent; (5) the length of time the child has lived in a stable, satisfactory environment and the desirability of maintaining continuity; (6) the willingness and ability of each parent to facilitate and encourage a close and continuing relationship between the other parent and the child, ...; [[Image here]] (9) other factors that the court considers pertinent.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“find clear error when, after review of the entire record, 'we are left with a definite and firm conviction' a mistake occurred.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[w]hen the mental or physical condition ... of a party ... is in controversy, the court ... may order the party to submit to a physical or mental examination.”
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.