Maher v. Maher’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently September 2013
17 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 Tbg v. Cag · Michel v. Michel · Delaporte v. Robey Building Supply, Inc. · Marriage of W.E.F. v. C.J.F. · McCammon v. McCammon
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) whether the prospective advantages of the move will improve the general quality of life for the parent and the child; (2) the integrity of the ... parent's motives in relocating; (3) the integrity of the [other] parent's motives for opposing the relocation, and the extent to which it is intended to secure a financial advantage with respect to continuing child support; and (4) the realistic opportunity for visitation which can provide an adequate basis for preserving and fostering the [other] parent's relationship with the child if relocation is permitted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lavalle v. Lavalle“the trial court could properly find that the distance involved [in the relocation] would necessarily render [joint physical custody] arrangements impractical for the foreseeable future.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lavalle v. Lavalle“allowing the non-custodial parent to exercise visitation in the child's city whenever his schedule permits, limited solely by a requirement of specified notice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lavalle v. Lavalle
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.