Gaskill v. Gaskill’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably Memphis Planned Parenthood, Inc. v. Sundquist (1999), Ray v. Ray (2001)
2 federal appellate · 23 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 Town of Alamo v. FORCUM-JAMES COMPANY · Edwards v. Edwards · Bah v. Bah · Taylor v. Taylor · 59 Tenn. App. 613 - Hester v. Hester
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) The love, affection and emotional ties existing between the parents and child; (2) The disposition of the parents to provide the child with food, clothing, medical care, education and other necessary care and the degree to which a parent has been the primary care giver; (3) The importance of continuity in the child’s life and the length of time the child has lived in a stable, satisfactory environment ... ; (4) The stability of the family unit of the parents; (5) The mental and physical health of the parents; (6)The home, school and community record of the child; ⅜ ⅜ ⅜ ⅜ ⅜ ⅜ (8) Evidence of physical or emotional abuse to the child, to the other parent or to any other person.... The court shall include in its decision a written finding of all evidence, and all findings of facts connected thereto.... (9) The character and behavior of any other person who resides in or frequents the home of a parent and such person’s interactions with the child; and (10) Each parent’s past and potential for future performance of parenting responsibilities, including the willingness and ability of each of the parents to facilitate and encourage a close and continuing parent-child relationship between the child and the other parent, consistent with the best interest of the child.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Custody and visitation determinations often hinge on subtle factors, .... Appellate Courts are reluctant to second-guess a trial court’s decision. Trial courts must be able to exercise broad discretion in these matters, but they still must base their decisions on proof, and upon the appropriate qualifications of the applicable principles of law. (Citations omitted).”
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.