12 N.C. App. 410 - Andrews v. Andrews’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The plaintiff is fully able to pay the sum ... for the support of the child . . . plus all her reasonable medical, dental and drug bills. Considering the needs of this child and the respective income of the plaintiff and the defendant and their particular circumstances as to expenses, this sum ... is fair and reasonable ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 35 N.C. App. 610 - Martin v. Martin

2. ““Payments ordered for the support of a minor child shall be in such amount as to meet the reasonable needs of the child for health, education, and maintenance, having due regard to the estates, earnings, conditions, accustomed standard of living of the child and the parties, and other facts of the particular case.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 21 N.C. App. 293 - Sawyer v. Sawyer

3. “[I]t would be the better practice for the court’s order to relate that the payment ordered is the amount necessary to meet the reasonable needs of the child for health, education, and maintenance. Nevertheless, the failure of the court to do so, certainly in this case, does not constitute reversible error.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 35 N.C. App. 610 - Martin v. Martin