Moore v. Tseronis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““1. his or her current physical condition; 2. his or her respective level of education; 3. the timing of any change in employment or financial circumstances relative to the divorce proceedings; 4. the relationship of the parties prior to the divorce proceedings; 5. his or her efforts to find and retain employment; 6. his or her efforts to secure retraining if that is needed; 7. whether he or she has ever withheld support; 8. his or her past work history; 9. the area in which the parties live and the status of the job market there; and 10. any other considerations presented by either party.””

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 147 Md. App. 280 - Petitto v. Petitto · 126 Md. App. 361 - Digges v. Digges

2. “Our review of the evidence persuades us that the trial court’s finding that appellant was voluntarily impoverished was erroneous. We have no doubt that appellant’s income would have been greater than it now is if he had not moved from Baltimore to a less affluent area. We do not believe, however, that a court can restrict a parent’s choice of residence in order to insure that he or she remains in or moves to the highest wage earning area. While a parent must take into consideration his or her child support obligation when making job and location choices, such considerations should not be immobilizing.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 183 Md. App. 312 - Lorincz v. Lorincz · 153 Md. App. 358 - Malin v. Mininberg

3. “When presented with a Petition to Modify Child Support, a court may modify a child support obligation at any time if a material change in circumstances has been shown that justifies such a modification. A decision regarding such a modification is left to the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be disturbed unless that discretion was arbitrarily used or the judgment was clearly wrong.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 128 Md. App. 357 - Dunlap v. Fiorenza