134 N.C. App. 591 - Thomas v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Coble v. Coble · Fuchs v. Fuchs · Taylor v. Taylor · Hamill v. Cusack · 118 N.C. App. 19 - McGee v. McGee
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.
“[A]n order of a court of this State for support of a minor child may be modified or vacated at any time, upon motion in the cause and a showing of changed circumstances by either party . . ..”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[w]ithout evidence of any change of circumstances affecting the welfare of the child or an increase in need ... an increase for support based solely on the ground that the support payor's income has increased is improper”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Chapman v. Pimentel“It is well established that an increase in child support is improper if based solely upon the ground that the support payor's income has increased .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Chapman v. Pimentel
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.