147 Md. App. 280 - Petitto v. Petitto’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738
Relies on COLOMIRIS v. Woods · Taylor v. NationsBank, N.A. · Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Scarlett Harbor Associates Ltd. Partnership · Cheney v. Bell National Life Insurance · Sullins v. Allstate Insurance
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) age; (2) mental and physical condition; (3) assets; (4) educational background, special training[,] or skills; (5) prior earnings; (6) efforts to find and retain employment; (7) the status of the job market in the area where the parent lives; (8) actual income from any source; and (9) any other factor bearing on the parent’s ability to obtain funds for child support.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“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.”
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.