Dring v. Dring’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) the ... reconciliation of the parties and their living together was not ipso facto, as a matter of law, an abandonment of the [AITD], and (b) the evidence on the record that the parties did not abandon the [AITD] by or during their ... reconciliation or thereafter presents genuine issues of material fact that must be resolved by [FsOF] before the family court can enter its [COL] deciding the abandonment issue.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Weinberg v. Dickson-Weinberg

2. “[abandonment is evidenced as long as there is a voluntary relinquishment of a right or of property with the intention of not reclaiming it or reassuming its ownership or enjoyment. Intent to abandon and an external act effecting the intent must be shown. Abandonment need not be expressed; it may be inferred from the conduct of the parties and the attendant circumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Weinberg v. Dickson-Weinberg