Koch v. Koch’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]rial courts are vested with wide discretion ... and the appellate courts will not interfere except upon a showing of erroneous exercise of that discretion_ In cus- tody cases, the welfare and best interests of a child are of paramount concern. A determination of a child’s best interests must turn on the particular facts of each case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Garfinkel v. Garfinkel · Varley v. Varley

2. “[A]ll real and personal property, both tangible and intangible, acquired by either or both spouses during the course of the marriage up to the date of the final divorce hearing and owned by either or both spouses as of the date of filing of a complaint for divorce, except in the case of fraudulent conveyance in anticipation of filing, and including any property to which a right was acquired up to the date of the final divorce hearing, and valued as of a date as near as reasonably possible to the final divorce hearing date.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Watters v. Watters

3. “The value of a marital asset is determined by considering all relevant evidence regarding value.... The burden is on the parties to procure competent evidence of value, and the parties are bound by the evidence they present.... Thus the trial court, in its discretion, is free to place a value on a marital asset that is within the range of the evidence submitted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Watters v. Watters