94 So. 2d 849 - Arons v. Arons’s Empirical Analysis

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26 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"We are impressed with the fact too that the decree of the chancellor, which divides the children of the parties, will result in further destruction of what is left, after divorce, of this family unit. We are of the view that the children in a family should not be separated from each other and distributed about in different homes, except for the most compelling cause. For while brothers and sisters may not have a legal right to remain together, to share each others lives, and to grow up together, certainly they have a natural right to do so. Justice requires that society exercise its moral duty to insure that children in a family enjoy this right until such time as absolute necessity and the welfare of the children, itself, requires their separation. Such necessity does not exist here."”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 409 So. 2d 1133 - Brown v. Brown · 537 So. 2d 125 - Henderson v. Henderson

2. “While there is little doubt that if [the father] has the custody of Jackie, the child will, through [the paternal grand mother], receive more of the material things of life than if he is in the custody of his mother, this factor does not of itself mean that the child’s total welfare will be best promoted thereby. Nor does it, of itself, justify the taking of a child from a parent who is a fit person to care for it.”

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