149 N.C. App. 427 - Cole v. Cole’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
August 2014
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Fuchs v. Fuchs · 136 N.C. App. 294 - Biggs v. Greer · 131 N.C. App. 642 - State Ex Rel. Fisher v. Lukinoff · Sikes v. Sikes · 63 N.C. App. 721 - Ellenberger v. Ellenberger
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Motions for retroactive reimbursements or increases in child support where there is an existing court order should be allowed but sparingly and only under the limited circumstance constituting a true sudden "emergency situation that required the expenditure of sums in excess," of the existing child support order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a retroactive increase in the amount provided in an existing support order”
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.