99 Wis. 2d 42 - Dragoo v. Dragoo’s Empirical Analysis

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31 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]ssure that litigation concerning the custody of a child takes place ordinarily in the state with which the child and family have the closest connection and where significant evidence concerning the child's care, protection, training, and personal relationships is most readily available, and that courts of this state decline the exercise of jurisdiction when the child and family have a closer connection with another state;”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 161 Wis. 2d 277 - In Interest of AEH · Quenzer v. Quenzer

2. “[t]he child is physically present in this state and (i) the child has been abandoned or (ii) it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because he has been subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse or is otherwise neglected or dependent; . . ..”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 67 Wash. App. 755 - Matter of Marriage of Greenlaw

3. “which is competent to decide child custody matters”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 161 Wis. 2d 277 - In Interest of AEH