Williams v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently September 2012
11 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 Woolridge v. Woolridge · Hoffmann v. Hoffmann · Vehlewald v. Vehlewald · In Re Marriage of Jennings · Scott v. Scott
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) The economic circumstances of each spouse at the time the division of property is to become effective, including the desirability of awarding the family home or the right to live therein for reasonable periods to the spouse having custody of any children; (2) The contribution of each spouse to the acquisition of the marital property, including the contribution of a spouse as homemaker; (3) The value of the nonmarital property set apart to each spouse; (4) The conduct of the parties during the marriage; and (5) Custodial arrangements for minor children.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Keller v. Keller · Shipp v. Shipp““[Transmutation [ ] allows a spouse to transmute a piece of separate property to marital property by express or implied agreement. There is no conflict between the source of funds rule and transmutation; they are merely relevant in different factual situations. A spouse transmutes separate property into marital property by titling it in both parties’ names.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“2. The court shall determine custody in accordance with the best interests of the child. The court shall consider all relevant factors including: [[Image here]] (5) The mental and physical health of all individuals involved, including any history of abuse of any individuals involved. If the court finds that a pattern of domestic violence has occurred, and if the court also finds that awarding custody to the abusive parent is in the best interest of the child, then the court shall enter written findings of fact and conclusions of law. Custody and visitation rights shall be ordered in a manner that best protects the child and the parent or other family or household member who . is the victim of domestic violence from any further harm _ (emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mund v. Mund
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.