872 So. 2d 679 - Lambert v. Lambert’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
1
states following
October 2015
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 437 So. 2d 1003 - Albright v. Albright · Sellers v. Sellers · 622 So. 2d 1264 - Ash v. Ash · 483 So. 2d 318 - Spain v. Holland · 638 So. 2d 488 - Grey v. Grey
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hile numerous factors may go into the initial consideration of a custody award, see, e.g., [Albright ], only parental behavior that poses a clear danger to the child's mental or emotional health can justify a custody change.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Holmes v. Holmes · Wikel v. Miller“[w]e close our eyes to the real world if we ignore that ours is a mobile society. Opportunity and economic necessity transport perfectly responsible adults many miles from their homes.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“such magnitude as to justify that drastic measure of change in custody.”
2 later decisions 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.