156 N.C. App. 570 - Doan v. Doan’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
November 2017
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hudson v. Hudson · 136 N.C. App. 294 - Biggs v. Greer · Kelly v. Bradley · 153 N.C. App. 504 - Burr v. Burr · 114 N.C. App. 538 - MacKins v. MacKins
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In an action or proceeding for the custody or support, or both, of a minor child, including a motion in the cause for the modification or revocation of an existing order for custody or support, or both, the court may in its discretion order payment of reasonable attorney's fees to an interested party acting in good faith who has insufficient means to defray the expense of the suit. Before ordering payment of a fee in a support action, the court must find as a fact that the party ordered to furnish support has refused to provide support which is adequate under the circumstances existing at the time of the institution of the action or proceeding; provided however, should the court find as a fact that the supporting party has initiated a frivolous action or proceeding the court may order payment of reasonable attorney's fees to an interested party as deemed appropriate under the circumstances.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Only when these requirements have been met does the standard of review change to abuse of discretion for an examination of the amount of attorney's fees awarded.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the trial court need not make specific findings regarding the child's needs or the parents' ability to pay with regard to extraordinary expenses,”
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.