867 So. 2d 567 - Ross v. Botha’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 377 So. 2d 1150 - Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee · 471 So. 2d 1274 - Bowen v. Bowen · 696 So. 2d 697 - Rosen v. Rosen · 736 So. 2d 732 - Whelan v. Whelan · 744 So. 2d 1217 - Flint v. Fortson
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. Is the signed order consistent with or divergent from the verbal rulings of the court? 2. How much time has passed since the hearing, and does the judge remember the case? 3. Are there irregularities or conflicts in the terms of the order? 4. Did the judge participate in the trial? 5. Did the judge edit or alter the proposed judgment to conform it to his or her conclusions about the case, or did he or she sign it verbatim?”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“A child support contempt order must find: 1) a prior valid order of support; 2) a failure to pay all or part of the ordered support; 3) the parent's present ability to pay the support; and 4) the parent's willful refusal to comply with the prior court order. Further, the order shall contain a recital of the facts on which these findings are based.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Chetram v. Singh“If the trial court orders the contemnor's incarceration, a separate affirmative finding that the parent has the present ability to pay the purge is required, and the court must recite the facts in support of that finding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Chetram v. Singh
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.