Ederer v. Ederer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘ “An obligation to pay alimony may be modified only upon a showing of a material change in circumstances that has occurred since the trial court’s previous judgment, and the burden is on the party seeking a modification to make this showing. Thus, the moving party must show a material change in the financial needs of the payee spouse and in the financial ability of the payor spouse to respond to those needs.” ’ ””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 23 So. 3d 689 - Capone v. Capone · 900 So. 2d 424 - Ex Parte Ederer

2. “"The trial court's decision to allow the wife to continue to reside in the marital residence, to be responsible for one-half of the mortgage payment and all the maintenance costs of the home, and to deny the wife's petition for an increase in alimony despite the wife's obvious inability to timely pay her half of the mortgage payments or to make necessary repairs like replacing the furnace on her present income, does not appear equitable."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 900 So. 2d 424 - Ex Parte Ederer

3. “Although a trial court's judgment on a petition to modify alimony is presumed correct, this court can reverse a trial court's judgment if it is not supported by the evidence, is plainly and palpably wrong, and amounts to an abuse of discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 900 So. 2d 424 - Ex Parte Ederer