Helm v. Helm’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 1408 · 26 U.S.C. § 411 (§ 1012 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on In Re the Marriage of Davidson · Fowler v. Perry · Hann v. Hann · 206 Ill. App. 3d 859 - In Re Marriage of Mahaffey · 266 Ill. App. 3d 277 - In Re Marriage of Morris
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e review [the trial court's] findings and conclusions to determine whether the evidence supports the findings, and whether the findings support the judgment. Fowler v. Perry, 830 N.E.2d 97, 102 (Ind.Ct.App.2005). We will set aside the trial court's findings and conclusions only if they are clearly erroneous. Id. A judgment is clearly erroneous when a review of the record leaves us with a firm conviction that a mistake was made. Id. We neither reweigh the evidence nor assess the witnesses' credibility, and consider only the evidence most favorable to the judgment. Id. Further, "findings made sua sponte control only ... the issues they cover and a general judgment will control as to the issues upon which there are no findings. A general judgment entered with findings will be affirmed if it can be sustained on any legal theory supported by the evidence." Id.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“the court shall presume that an equal division of the marital property between the parties is just and reasonable.”
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.