104 Conn. App. 482 - Weinstein v. Weinstein’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently July 2020 · most notably 117 Conn. App. 1 - Rozsa v. Rozsa (2009), 118 Conn. App. 325 - Cifaldi v. Cifaldi (2009)
38 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 Emigrant Savings Bank v. Cam · Borkowski v. Borkowski · Bunche v. Bunche · Lucy v. Lucy · 25 Conn. App. 693 - Savage v. Savage
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a showing of a substantial change in the circumstances of either party or (2) a showing that the final order for child support substantially deviates from the child support guidelines absent the requisite findings.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“As to the substantial change of circumstances provision of § 46b-86 (a), [w]hen presented with a motion for modification, a court must first determine whether there has been a substantial change in the financial circumstances of one or both of the parties.... Second, if the court finds a substantial change in circumstances, it may properly consider the motion and ... make an order for modification.... A party moving for a modification of a child support order must clearly and definitely establish the occurrence of a substantial change in the circumstances of either party that makes the continuation of the prior order unfair and improper.... The power of the trial court to modify the existing order does not, however, include the power to retry issues already decided ... or to allow the parties to use a motion to modify as an appeal.... Rather, [t]he court has the authority to issue a modification only if it conforms the order to the distinct and definite changes in the circumstances of the parties.... The inquiry, then, is limited to a comparison between the current conditions and the last court order.... The party seeking modification bears the burden of showing the existence of a substantial change in the circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Unless and to the extent that the decree precludes modification, any final order for the periodic payment of permanent ... support ... may, at any time thereafter, be ... modified by the court upon a showing of a substantial change in circumstances of either party or upon a showing that the final order for child support substantially deviates from the child support guidelines established pursuant to [General Statutes §] 46b-215a, unless there was a specific finding on the record that the application of the guidelines would be inequitable or inappropriate. ...”
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.