87 Ill. 2d 174 - Atkinson v. Atkinson’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
103 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 110 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably In re Marriage of Leopando (1983), 242 Ill. 2d 163 - General Motors Corp. v. Pappas (2011)
103 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 United States v. Louisiana · Moore v. United States · 82 Ill. 2d 31 - In Re Marriage of Aschwanden · 79 Ill. 2d 400 - In Re Marriage of Lentz · 82 Ill. App. 3d 617 - In Re Marriage of Atkinson
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 110 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(1) the contribution or dissipation of each party in the acquisition, preservation, or depreciation or appreciation in value, of the marital and non-marital property, including the contribution of a spouse as a homemaker or to the family unit; (2) the value of the property set apart to each spouse; (3) the duration of the marriage; (4) the relevant economic circumstances of each spouse when the division of property is to become effective, including the desirability of awarding the family home, or the right to live therein for reasonable periods, to the spouse having custody of the children; (5) any obligations and rights arising from a prior marriage of either party; (6) any antenuptial agreement of the parties; (7) the age, health, station, occupation, amount and sources of income, vocational skills, employability, estate, liabilities, and needs of each of the parties; (8) the custodial provisions for any children; (9) whether the apportionment is in lieu of or in addition to maintenance; (10) the reasonable opportunity of each spouse for future acquisition of capital assets and income; and (11) the tax consequences of the property division upon the respective economic circumstances of the parties.” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 40, pars. 503(d)(1) through (d)(11).)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““We concur in the appellate court’s assessment that the imposition of a section 503(d) trust is ‘inappropriate in the absence of evidence showing some need to protect the interests of the children’ ( 82 Ill. App. 3d 617, 627 [, 402 N.E.2d 831, 838 ]) and therefore inappropriately applied to a responsible parent.” Atkinson v. Atkinson (1981), 87 Ill. 2d 174, 179 , 429 N.E.2d 465, 467 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The court if necessary to protect and promote the best interests of the children may set aside a portion of the jointly or separately held estates of the parties in a separate fund or trust for the support, maintenance, education, and general welfare of any minor, dependent, or incompetent child of the parties.” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 40, par. 503(g).)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.